Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.
The family of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the vigil read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, as reported by regional media outlets.
"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Previously, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.
Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.
Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.
Following the shooting, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for further restrictive policies.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the recent season, including the suspect's home country.
