National Guardsman Recovering After Being Shot in Washington DC
A member of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His colleague, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.
"Our request remains for all West Virginians and Americans for their prayers!" the governor said.
The governor was present at a vigil on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the event shared a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to regional media outlets.
"But 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 responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of wiggle his feet.
Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that worked with US forces in Afghanistan.
The injured airman was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.
In the aftermath of the shooting, Trump said he desired another 500 military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, among them Afghanistan.