National Guardsman Recovering Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The family anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen shot when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor was present at a vigil on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the event read a message from the soldier's parents, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, as reported by regional media outlets.
"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 the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of wiggle his feet.
Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.
Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.
The injured airman was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
Following the shooting, Trump said he wanted another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a reason for additional immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the summer, among them Afghanistan.
