Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The soldier's relatives anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his progress, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter began shooting not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the event shared a message from the soldier's parents, his family.
"We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet outlets.
"However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world."
Previously, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.
Police have charged the suspected shooter, 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 member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.
The injured airman was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
Following the shooting, the former president said he wanted another 500 military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a justification for further restrictive policies.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, including the suspect's home country.
