Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A member of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 24, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The soldier's relatives expects 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 two state guardsmen shot when a gunman opened fire not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor was present at a vigil on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the vigil read a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.
"We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet Metro News.
"But our faith 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 positive gesture and was able to move his toes.
Police have charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.
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.
The injured airman was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.
Following the incident, the former president said he desired another 500 military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office 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 implemented over the summer, among them Afghanistan.
