National Guardsman Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement 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 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.
"Our request remains for all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.
The governor attended a vigil on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.
A pastor at the vigil read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by regional media outlets.
"But our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the globe."
Previously, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.
Law enforcement have charged the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, 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 paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
Following the shooting, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also referenced the attack as a reason for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, including Afghanistan.
