Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following Being Shot in the Nation's Capital
A member of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
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 hopeful about his progress, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor attended a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe 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 soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, as reported by regional media Metro News.
"But our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.
Police have charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.
Before coming to the US in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
Following the shooting, Trump said he wanted another 500 National Guard troops sent to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a reason for further restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the summer, among them Afghanistan.
