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 Heart with a important gunshot wound to the top 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 subsequent day.
Wolfe’s household selected to not disclose the placement of his rehabilitation. His dad and mom, Melody and Jason Wolfe, expressed gratitude to the hospital, its docs, nurses and employees.
“The care has been remarkable, and they have told us Andy’s progress is miraculous,” the couple stated in an announcement launched by way of the hospital.
The household additionally requested for continued prayers as Wolfe “begins a long and tough rehabilitation.”
“We know he will continue to improve at a rapid pace and know your prayers are making the difference,” they stated. “Please continue as God heals Andrew and gives him the strength to return to work, the West Virginia National Guard, and his new mission of being a light into this world. The support we’ve received from Andy’s military family, his hometown community, and people across 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 through 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 Drive Help 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 yr he graduated from highschool. At Musselman, Wolfe was an engaged and high-achieving pupil “who embodied the Applemen spirit, contributing positively to our school community both academically and athletically,” Principal Alicia Riggleman stated.
This combo from photographs supplied by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, present Nationwide Guard members, from left, Employees Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and Specialist Sarah Beckstrom. (U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace through AP)
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.
