Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing After Being Shot in the Nation's Capital
A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of state guardsmen shot when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the event read a message from the soldier's parents, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by regional media outlets.
"But our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes.
Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.
Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in the South Asian nation.
The injured airman was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
Following the incident, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also referenced the attack as a reason for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, including Afghanistan.
