Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A member 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 family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor.
The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.
Morrisey was present at a vigil on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary 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, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to regional media outlets.
"However our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the governor said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.
Law enforcement have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.
Prior to his arrival 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 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
In the aftermath of the shooting, Trump said he desired another 500 military personnel deployed to the nation's capital.
The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, including the suspect's home country.