Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing After 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 Washington DC.
The family of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his progress, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a shooter opened fire not far from the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" the governor said.
Morrisey attended a vigil on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student.
A pastor at the vigil read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet outlets.
"But our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Previously, the governor said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to 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 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
Following the incident, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the nation's capital.
The Trump administration has also referenced the shooting as a justification for additional restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the summer, including the suspect's home country.