🔗 Share this article Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following Being Shot in the Nation's Capital Members of the state militia patrolling a subway stop in Washington DC. A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting 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 starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey. The family anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement. The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman began shooting not far from the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds. "Our request remains for all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared. Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil. A pastor at the event read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family. "We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to regional media outlets. "But our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world." Staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe. Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of wiggle his feet. Police have charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder. Before coming to the United States in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan. The injured airman was one of two thousand 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. Following the shooting, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital. The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a reason for further restrictive policies. They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, including Afghanistan.
Members of the state militia patrolling a subway stop in Washington DC. A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting 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 starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey. The family anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement. The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman began shooting not far from the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds. "Our request remains for all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared. Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil. A pastor at the event read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family. "We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to regional media outlets. "But our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world." Staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe. Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of wiggle his feet. Police have charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder. Before coming to the United States in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan. The injured airman was one of two thousand 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. Following the shooting, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital. The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a reason for further restrictive policies. They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, including Afghanistan.