đ Share this article National Guardsman Healing After Being Shot in Washington DC Members of the state militia monitoring a metro station in the District of Columbia. A servicemember of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in the US capital. The family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey. The family expects 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 shooter opened fire in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries. "We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared. Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil. A clergyman at the vigil shared a message from the soldier's parents, his family. "We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, according to regional media Metro News. "But our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world." Staff Sgt the recovering guardsman. Previously, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of wiggle his feet. Law enforcement have formally accused 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 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the Washington DC in August as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities. Following the shooting, Trump said he desired another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia. The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a justification for further restrictive policies. They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban announced over the summer, among them Afghanistan.
Members of the state militia monitoring a metro station in the District of Columbia. A servicemember of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in the US capital. The family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey. The family expects 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 shooter opened fire in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries. "We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared. Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil. A clergyman at the vigil shared a message from the soldier's parents, his family. "We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, according to regional media Metro News. "But our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world." Staff Sgt the recovering guardsman. Previously, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of wiggle his feet. Law enforcement have formally accused 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 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the Washington DC in August as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities. Following the shooting, Trump said he desired another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia. The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a justification for further restrictive policies. They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban announced over the summer, among them Afghanistan.