Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering After Being Shot in Washington DC
A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor attended a vigil on last Friday night for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the vigil read a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to regional media outlets.
"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the support from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to wiggle his feet.
Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.
Prior to his arrival to the US in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.
Following the incident, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops sent to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a justification for additional restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.
