National Guardsman Recovering After Being Shot in Washington DC

A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.

The parents of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.

The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care 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 shot when a shooter opened fire not far from the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.

"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.

Morrisey was present at a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student.

A pastor at the vigil read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to local news outlet outlets.

"However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world."

Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.

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

Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.

The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.

Following the shooting, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has also referenced 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 travel ban announced over the recent season, including Afghanistan.