National Guardsman Healing Following Being Shot 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 family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor.

The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, said the governor.

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

"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their prayers!" the governor said.

Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.

A pastor at the vigil read 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, according to local news outlet outlets.

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

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

Law enforcement have charged the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.

Before coming to the United States in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

In the aftermath of the shooting, Trump said he wanted another 500 military personnel deployed to the nation's capital.

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

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, including the suspect's home country.