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 targeted attack last month in Washington DC.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The family anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman opened fire not far from the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the event 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 wrote, according to local news outlet Metro News.
"But our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the prayers and the support from people all over the world."
Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.
Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Before coming to the US in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
Following the shooting, Trump said he wanted another 500 military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a reason for additional restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban implemented over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.
