Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC

A member 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 Andrew Wolfe, 24, report "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.

The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement.

The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a shooter opened fire not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His colleague, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.

"We continue to ask all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.

The governor attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.

A pastor at the vigil shared a message from the soldier's parents, his family.

"We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to local news outlet Metro News.

"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the globe."

Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to wiggle his feet.

Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.

Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit 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 shooting, the former president said he wanted another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has also referenced 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 the suspect's home country.