Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering Following Being Shot in the Nation's Capital
A member of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The family anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of state guardsmen shot when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor attended 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 student.
A pastor at the vigil shared a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, as reported by local news outlet Metro News.
"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the globe."
Previously, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of wiggle his feet.
Police have charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
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 the South Asian nation.
The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
Following the incident, the former president said he wanted another 500 military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a justification for additional restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.