Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A member of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen shot when a gunman opened fire not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His colleague, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey attended a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the event shared a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to regional media outlets.
"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the prayers and the support 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 able to wiggle his feet.
Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.
Before coming to the United States in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he wanted another 500 military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also referenced the attack as a justification for additional immigration crackdown measures.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.
