National Guardsman Recovering Following Being Shot in Washington DC
A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.
The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his progress, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the event shared a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"We know that there is a long road to go," they wrote, as reported by regional media outlets.
"However our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.
Law enforcement have charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.
Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.
The injured airman was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.
In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also referenced the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, including Afghanistan.
