Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following Being Shot in the Nation's Capital
A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.
The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, 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 shot when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the White House on November 26th. His colleague, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"Our request remains for all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.
The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a student.
A pastor at the event shared a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to local news outlet Metro News.
"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the prayers and the support from people all over the world."
Previously, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was capable of wiggle his feet.
Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.
Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.
In the aftermath of the incident, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the nation's capital.
The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a justification for further restrictive policies.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban implemented over the recent season, including the suspect's home country.
