Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering Following Being Shot in Washington DC
A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend 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 "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"Our request remains for all West Virginians and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a student.
A pastor at the vigil shared a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to regional media outlets.
"But our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.
Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.
Following the incident, the former president said he wanted another 500 military personnel sent to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a justification for additional restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, including Afghanistan.
