National Guardsman Healing Following Being Shot in the Nation's Capital
A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care 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 a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.
A clergyman at the vigil shared a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, as reported by regional media outlets.
"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to wiggle his feet.
Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.
Before coming to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the Washington DC in August as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.
In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he wanted another 500 military personnel deployed to the nation's capital.
The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a justification for further restrictive policies.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.
