🔗 Share this article National Guardsman Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC Members of the National Guard monitoring a subway stop in the District of Columbia. A servicemember of the Air 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 the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey. The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his progress, said the governor. The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting not far from the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries. "We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared. Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student. A pastor at the vigil shared a message from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe. "We know that there is a long road to go," they wrote, as reported by regional media Metro News. "However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the support from people all over the globe." Staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe. Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes. Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide 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 worked with US forces in the South Asian nation. The injured airman was one of two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities. Following the incident, the former president said he wanted another 500 military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia. The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures. They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the summer, including the suspect's home country.
Members of the National Guard monitoring a subway stop in the District of Columbia. A servicemember of the Air 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 the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey. The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his progress, said the governor. The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting not far from the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries. "We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared. Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student. A pastor at the vigil shared a message from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe. "We know that there is a long road to go," they wrote, as reported by regional media Metro News. "However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the support from people all over the globe." Staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe. Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes. Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide 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 worked with US forces in the South Asian nation. The injured airman was one of two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities. Following the incident, the former president said he wanted another 500 military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia. The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures. They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the summer, including the suspect's home country.