🔗 Share this article National Guardsman Healing Following Being Shot in Washington DC Members of the state militia patrolling a metro station in Washington DC. A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital. The family of Andrew Wolfe, 24, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive the governor. The family anticipates 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. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman opened fire not far from the presidential residence on November 26th. His colleague, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries. "We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said. Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil. A clergyman at the event shared a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe. "We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by regional media Metro News. "However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world." Staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe. Previously, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of wiggle his feet. Police have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder. Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities. Following the shooting, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the nation's capital. The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a reason for additional restrictive policies. They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, among them Afghanistan.
Members of the state militia patrolling a metro station in Washington DC. A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital. The family of Andrew Wolfe, 24, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive the governor. The family anticipates 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. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman opened fire not far from the presidential residence on November 26th. His colleague, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries. "We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said. Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil. A clergyman at the event shared a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe. "We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by regional media Metro News. "However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world." Staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe. Previously, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of wiggle his feet. Police have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder. Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities. Following the shooting, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the nation's capital. The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a reason for additional restrictive policies. They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, among them Afghanistan.