Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A member 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 family of Andrew Wolfe, 24, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman began shooting not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.
"Our request remains for all West Virginians and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.
A clergyman at the vigil shared a message from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet outlets.
"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Previously, the state official said the serviceman 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 premeditated homicide 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 worked with American troops in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.
Following the incident, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops sent to the nation's capital.
The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a reason for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.
