Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
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 Andrew Wolfe, 24, report "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"Our request remains for all state residents and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey attended a vigil on last Friday night for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the event shared a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, as reported by local news outlet Metro News.
"But our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the globe."
Previously, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.
Law enforcement have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder 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 US forces in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he desired another 500 National Guard troops sent to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also referenced the shooting as a justification for additional immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, including the suspect's home country.