🔗 Share this article Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC Members of the state militia monitoring a subway stop in Washington DC. A member of the 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, 24, say "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive 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 recovery, said the governor. The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter began shooting not far from the White House on November 26th. His colleague, 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. Morrisey attended a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student. A clergyman at the event read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family. "We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, as reported by regional media outlets. "But our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world." Staff Sgt the recovering guardsman. Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to wiggle his feet. Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder. Prior to his arrival to the US in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that worked with US forces in Afghanistan. The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities. In the aftermath of the incident, Trump said he desired another 500 military personnel deployed to the nation's capital. The Trump administration has also referenced the attack as a reason for additional restrictive policies. They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.
Members of the state militia monitoring a subway stop in Washington DC. A member of the 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, 24, say "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive 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 recovery, said the governor. The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter began shooting not far from the White House on November 26th. His colleague, 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. Morrisey attended a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student. A clergyman at the event read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family. "We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, as reported by regional media outlets. "But our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world." Staff Sgt the recovering guardsman. Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to wiggle his feet. Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder. Prior to his arrival to the US in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that worked with US forces in Afghanistan. The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities. In the aftermath of the incident, Trump said he desired another 500 military personnel deployed to the nation's capital. The Trump administration has also referenced the attack as a reason for additional restrictive policies. They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.