National Guardsman Recovering Following Being Shot in Washington DC

A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured 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 family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire not far from the White House on 26 November. His colleague, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

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

Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.

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

"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey 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 encouragement from people all over the globe."

Previously, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of wiggle his feet.

Law enforcement have charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan 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 paramilitary group that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation.

The injured airman was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.

In the aftermath of the shooting, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops sent to the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.

They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, including the suspect's home country.