Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A member of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.
The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His colleague, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"Our request remains for all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" the governor said.
Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the vigil read a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, as reported by regional media Metro News.
"However our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world."
Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes.
Police have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Before coming to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president dispatched 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 desired another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, including the suspect's home country.
