National Guardsman Healing After Being Shot in Washington DC
A member of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment 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 shot when a shooter opened fire not far from the presidential residence on November 26th. His colleague, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians 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 the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the vigil 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, according to local news outlet Metro News.
"However our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful 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 positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.
Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Before coming to the US 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 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
Following the shooting, Trump said he desired another 500 National Guard troops sent to the nation's capital.
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 a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, among them Afghanistan.
