National Guardsman Healing Following Being Shot in Washington DC

A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital.

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 the governor.

The soldier's relatives anticipates the military non-commissioned officer 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 West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman opened fire not far from the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.

"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.

The governor was present at a vigil on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil.

A clergyman at the vigil shared a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.

"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, as reported by regional media outlets.

"But our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the globe."

Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.

Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.

Prior to his arrival to the US 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 the former president dispatched to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.

In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he wanted another 500 National Guard troops sent to the nation's capital.

The former presidential office has also referenced the attack as a reason for additional restrictive policies.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.