National Guardsman Recovering Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 24, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His colleague, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.
Morrisey was present at a vigil on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.
A clergyman at the event read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet outlets.
"But our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the prayers and the support from people all over the world."
Previously, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes.
Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.
Before coming to the US in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in Afghanistan.
The injured airman was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
Following the incident, the former president said he wanted another 500 National Guard troops sent to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a justification for additional restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, including the suspect's home country.
