🔗 Share this article Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital Members of the state militia patrolling a subway stop in the District of Columbia. A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital. The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor. The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his progress, according to the official's statement. The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman opened fire not far from the White House on November 26th. His colleague, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries. "Our request remains for all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared. Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student. A pastor at the event read a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe. "It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to regional media outlets. "However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world." Sergeant the recovering guardsman. Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes. Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill. Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities. Following the incident, Trump 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 halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, including the suspect's home country.
Members of the state militia patrolling a subway stop in the District of Columbia. A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital. The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor. The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his progress, according to the official's statement. The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman opened fire not far from the White House on November 26th. His colleague, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries. "Our request remains for all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared. Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student. A pastor at the event read a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe. "It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to regional media outlets. "However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world." Sergeant the recovering guardsman. Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes. Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill. Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities. Following the incident, Trump 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 halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, including the suspect's home country.