By JOHN RABY
A West Virginia Nationwide Guard member who was shot final month within the nation’s capital is being transitioned from hospital acute care to in-patient rehabilitation, a physician stated Friday.
Employees. Sgt. Andrew Wolfe was airlifted to MedStar Washington Hospital Middle with a vital gunshot wound to the pinnacle on Nov. 26. Wolfe and Spc. Sarah Beckstrom had been ambushed as they patrolled a subway station three blocks from the White Home. Beckstrom died the following day.
Wolfe has “made extraordinary progress,” Dr. Jeffrey Mai, a MedStar neurosurgeon, stated in a information launch. “He’s now respiration on his personal and might stand with help — vital milestones that replicate his energy and willpower. Primarily based on these enhancements, he’s now able to transition from acute care to inpatient rehabilitation as the following step in his restoration journey.”
Wolfe’s household selected to not disclose the placement of his rehabilitation. His mother and father, Melody and Jason Wolfe, expressed gratitude to the hospital, its docs, nurses and employees.
“The care has been exceptional, and so they have instructed us Andy’s progress is miraculous,” the couple stated in an announcement launched via the hospital.
The household additionally requested for continued prayers as Wolfe “begins a protracted and hard rehabilitation.”
“We all know he’ll proceed to enhance at a fast tempo and know your prayers are making the distinction,” they stated. “Please proceed as God heals Andrew and offers him the energy to return to work, the West Virginia Nationwide Guard, and his new mission of being a lightweight into this world. The help we’ve acquired from Andy’s army household, his hometown neighborhood, and other people throughout the nation has been extraordinary.”
Beckstrom was buried in a personal funeral on Wednesday.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan nationwide who was additionally shot throughout the confrontation, has been charged with homicide. He has pleaded not responsible.
Wolfe, 24, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, about 75 miles northwest of Washington, D.C., was assigned to the Power Assist Squadron, 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air Nationwide Guard. He has labored as a lineman with Frontier Communications since early 2023, the corporate stated.
Wolfe joined the Nationwide Guard in 2019, the 12 months he graduated from highschool. At Musselman, Wolfe was an engaged and high-achieving pupil “who embodied the Applemen spirit, contributing positively to our faculty neighborhood each academically and athletically,” Principal Alicia Riggleman stated.
Wolfe and Beckstrom had been amongst greater than 2,000 troops deployed to the nation’s capital as a part of President Donald Trump’s crime-fighting mission that concerned taking up the native police division.
