Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.
The family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen shot when a shooter began shooting not far from 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 prayers!" the governor said.
Morrisey attended a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the event read a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, as reported by regional media Metro News.
"But our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to wiggle his feet.
Police have charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan 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 counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in Afghanistan.
The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
Following the incident, the former president said he wanted another 500 military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also referenced the shooting as a reason for additional immigration crackdown measures.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, among them Afghanistan.
