National Guardsman Recovering After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter opened fire not far from the presidential residence on November 26th. His colleague, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.
"Our request remains for all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor attended a vigil on Friday evening for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.
A pastor at the vigil shared a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, as reported by regional media Metro News.
"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the globe."
Previously, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.
Law enforcement have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.
Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside American troops in the South Asian nation.
The injured airman was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
Following the shooting, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.
The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a reason for further restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.