National Guardsman Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A servicemember of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded 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 the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting not far from the White House on November 26th. His colleague, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"Our request remains for all state residents and Americans for their prayers!" the governor said.
The governor attended a vigil on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.
A pastor at the event shared a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"We know that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to local news outlet outlets.
"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Previously, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.
Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he wanted another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.
The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a reason for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, including the suspect's home country.
