National Guardsman Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their prayers!" the governor said.
Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the event shared a message from the soldier's parents, his family.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, as reported by local news outlet outlets.
"However our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the prayers and the support from people all over the world."
Previously, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.
Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the US in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.
In the aftermath of the incident, Trump said he desired another 500 military personnel sent to the nation's capital.
The Trump administration has also referenced the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.
