🔗 Share this article National Guardsman Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC Members of the National Guard monitoring a subway stop in the District of Columbia. A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital. The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey. The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement. The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire not far from the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds. "Our request remains for all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared. Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student. A pastor at the vigil shared a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe. "We know that there is a long road to go," they wrote, 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." Sergeant Andrew Wolfe. Earlier in the week, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was capable of wiggle his feet. Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder. Prior to his arrival to the US in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan. The injured airman was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities. In the aftermath of the incident, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the District of Columbia. The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a reason for additional immigration crackdown measures. They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, including Afghanistan.
Members of the National Guard monitoring a subway stop in the District of Columbia. A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital. The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey. The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement. The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire not far from the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds. "Our request remains for all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared. Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student. A pastor at the vigil shared a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe. "We know that there is a long road to go," they wrote, 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." Sergeant Andrew Wolfe. Earlier in the week, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was capable of wiggle his feet. Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder. Prior to his arrival to the US in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan. The injured airman was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities. In the aftermath of the incident, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the District of Columbia. The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a reason for additional immigration crackdown measures. They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, including Afghanistan.