đź”— Share this article Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital Personnel of the National Guard 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 ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC. The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive the governor. The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the White House on November 26th. His colleague, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds. "We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans 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 Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil. A pastor at the event read a message from the soldier's parents, his family. "It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to regional media Metro News. "However our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the globe." Sergeant the recovering guardsman. Previously, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes. Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill. Prior to his arrival to the United States 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. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers. In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he desired another 500 military personnel sent to the nation's capital. The former presidential office has also referenced the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures. They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, including Afghanistan.
Personnel of the National Guard 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 ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC. The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive the governor. The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the White House on November 26th. His colleague, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds. "We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans 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 Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil. A pastor at the event read a message from the soldier's parents, his family. "It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to regional media Metro News. "However our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the globe." Sergeant the recovering guardsman. Previously, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes. Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill. Prior to his arrival to the United States 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. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers. In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he desired another 500 military personnel sent to the nation's capital. The former presidential office has also referenced the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures. They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, including Afghanistan.