National Guardsman Recovering Following Being Shot in the Nation's Capital
A servicemember of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant 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 West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the vigil shared a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet outlets.
"However our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was capable of wiggle his feet.
Police have charged the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Before coming to the US in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.
The injured airman was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
Following the incident, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a justification for additional restrictive policies.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, including Afghanistan.