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 targeted attack last month in Washington DC.
The family 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,'" stated West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.
The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen shot when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"Our request remains for all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.
The governor attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the vigil read a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, as reported by regional media Metro News.
"But our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the prayers and the support from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of wiggle his feet.
Police have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the United States in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed 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 incident, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops sent to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also referenced the attack 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 announced over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.
