Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.
The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the event read a message from the soldier's parents, his family.
"It is clear to us 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 thankful for the prayers and the support from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to wiggle his feet.
Law enforcement have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.
Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that worked with US forces in the South Asian nation.
The injured airman was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.
Following the incident, Trump said he wanted another 500 military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for further restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.
