A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.
The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" the governor said.
Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the vigil read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to local news outlet Metro News.
"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.
Police have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.
Prior to his arrival 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 Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
In the aftermath of the incident, Trump said he desired another 500 National Guard troops sent to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a reason for additional restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, including Afghanistan.
