Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A servicemember 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, report "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman began shooting not far from the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.
"Our request remains for all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" the governor said.
The governor attended a vigil on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the vigil read a message from the soldier's parents, his family.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to regional media outlets.
"However our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Previously, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was capable of wiggle his feet.
Law enforcement have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.
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 Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.
Following the incident, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also referenced the attack as a reason for additional immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, including the suspect's home country.
