National Guardsman Recovering Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A servicemember of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the White House on November 26th. His colleague, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.
"Our request remains for all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" the governor said.
Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.
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 long road to go," they expressed, according to regional media outlets.
"However our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world."
Previously, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to wiggle his feet.
Police have charged the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Before coming to the United States 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 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
In the aftermath of the incident, Trump said he wanted an additional five hundred military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also referenced the attack as a reason for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, including Afghanistan.
