National Guardsman Recovering After Being Shot in Washington DC
A member of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer 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 two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.
"Our request remains for all state residents and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a student.
A clergyman at the event shared a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to regional media outlets.
"But our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.
Police have charged the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.
Prior to his arrival to the US in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
Following the shooting, the former president said he desired another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a reason for further restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the recent season, including Afghanistan.
