National Guardsman Healing After Being Shot in the Nation's Capital
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 family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The family 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, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter opened fire not far from the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"Our request remains for all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor attended a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A pastor 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 wrote, according to regional media Metro News.
"However our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes.
Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the United States in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.
The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.
Following the shooting, Trump said he wanted an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a justification for additional immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, including Afghanistan.
