Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing After Being Shot in Washington DC
A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.
The family anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His colleague, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"Our request remains for all West Virginians and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student.
A pastor at the event shared a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, as reported by local news outlet outlets.
"But our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the prayers and the support from people all over the globe."
Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of wiggle his feet.
Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the United States in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside American troops in the South Asian nation.
The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
In the aftermath of the incident, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops sent to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also referenced the attack as a justification for further restrictive policies.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.
