National Guardsman Healing Following Being Shot in Washington DC

A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.

The family of Andrew Wolfe, 24, report "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.

The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of state guardsmen shot when a shooter began shooting not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.

"Our request remains for all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" the governor said.

The governor was present at a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil.

A clergyman at the vigil read a statement 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, as reported by local news outlet Metro News.

"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."

Previously, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.

Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.

Prior to his arrival to the United States in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces in Afghanistan.

The injured airman was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

Following the shooting, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel deployed to the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has also referenced the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.