National Guardsman Healing After Being Shot in the Nation's Capital
A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.
The family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The soldier's relatives anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his progress, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman began shooting not far from the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"Our request remains for all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.
A pastor at the event shared a message from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by regional media Metro News.
"But our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to wiggle his feet.
Law enforcement have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the US in 2021, 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 dispatched to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
In the aftermath of the shooting, Trump said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also referenced the attack as a justification for additional immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.
