National Guardsman Recovering After Being Shot in Washington DC
A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said West Virginia Governor 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 hopeful about his progress, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen shot when a gunman opened fire not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor was present at a vigil on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the event shared a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet Metro News.
"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support 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 alleged gunman, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.
Before coming to the US in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
Following the incident, the former president said he wanted another 500 military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also referenced the attack as a reason for further restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, including Afghanistan.
