Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A servicemember of the Air 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 starting to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor.
The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his progress, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen shot when a gunman began shooting not far from the White House on 26 November. His colleague, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor attended 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 pupil.
A pastor at the event shared a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, according to local news outlet Metro News.
"But our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Previously, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.
Police have charged the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide 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 CIA-backed unit that worked with US forces in the South Asian nation.
The injured airman was one of two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.
Following the incident, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also referenced the shooting 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.
