National Guardsman Healing Following Being Shot in Washington DC
A servicemember of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.
The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen shot when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His colleague, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor was present at a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student.
A clergyman at the event read a message from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to regional media outlets.
"However our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful 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 able to wiggle his feet.
Police have charged the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.
Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.
In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also referenced the shooting as a justification for further restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.
