Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital.
The family of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter began shooting not far from the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.
"Our request remains for all West Virginians and the nation's citizens 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 statement from the soldier's parents, his family.
"We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to regional media Metro News.
"But our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the globe."
Previously, the governor said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to wiggle his feet.
Police have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
In the aftermath of the incident, Trump said he desired another 500 military personnel deployed to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.
