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

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

The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 24, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.

The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman began shooting not far from the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.

"Our request remains for all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.

Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.

A clergyman at the event shared a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, as reported by regional media Metro News.

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

Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to wiggle his feet.

Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.

Before coming to the US in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.

In the aftermath of the shooting, Trump said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia.

The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a reason for further immigration crackdown measures.

They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, including Afghanistan.