Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following Being Shot in Washington DC
A servicemember of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his progress, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen shot when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"Our request remains for all state residents and Americans for their prayers!" the governor said.
The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the event read a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to regional media Metro News.
"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.
Police 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 CIA-backed unit that operated alongside American troops in the South Asian nation.
The injured airman was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
In the aftermath of the incident, Trump said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also referenced the attack as a reason for additional restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.
