🔗 Share this article National Guardsman Recovering After Being Shot in the Nation's Capital Personnel of the state militia patrolling a metro station in the District of Columbia. A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in the US capital. The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor. The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire not far from the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries. "We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said. The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil. A clergyman at the event shared a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, 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 belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world." Staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe. Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes. Law enforcement have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder. Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that operated alongside American troops in the South Asian nation. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his policy initiative in urban centers. Following the shooting, the former president said he wanted another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia. The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for additional restrictive policies. They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.
Personnel of the state militia patrolling a metro station in the District of Columbia. A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in the US capital. The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor. The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire not far from the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries. "We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said. The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil. A clergyman at the event shared a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, 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 belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world." Staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe. Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes. Law enforcement have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder. Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that operated alongside American troops in the South Asian nation. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his policy initiative in urban centers. Following the shooting, the former president said he wanted another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia. The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for additional restrictive policies. They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.