Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following Being Shot in Washington DC
A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His colleague, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a student.
A pastor at the vigil read a message from the soldier's parents, his family.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet Metro News.
"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the globe."
Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes.
Police have charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.
Before coming to the US in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that worked with US forces in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.
In the aftermath of the incident, Trump said he wanted an additional five hundred military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a justification for additional immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the summer, among them Afghanistan.