Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement 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 "the injury to his head 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 anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his progress, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on 26 November. His colleague, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" the governor said.
The governor was present at a vigil on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.
A pastor at the vigil read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to regional media Metro News.
"However our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to wiggle his feet.
Law enforcement have charged the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.
Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.
Following the incident, Trump said he desired another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also referenced the shooting as a justification for further restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, including Afghanistan.
