Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A member of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 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 family anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"Our request remains for all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.
The governor attended a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.
A clergyman at the vigil read a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, according to local news outlet outlets.
"However our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.
Police have charged the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.
Before coming to the US in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.
The injured airman was one of two thousand 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, Trump said he desired another 500 military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also referenced the attack as a reason for further restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.
