National Guardsman Recovering After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC

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

The family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.

The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his progress, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting not far from the White House on 26 November. His colleague, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

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

The governor attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.

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

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

"However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the prayers and the support from people all over the globe."

Previously, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to wiggle his feet.

Law enforcement have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Prior to his arrival to the United States in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.

The injured airman was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.

In the aftermath of the incident, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia.

The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a reason for further immigration crackdown measures.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, including Afghanistan.