National Guardsman Recovering After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC

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

The family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.

The soldier's relatives anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.

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

The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.

A clergyman at the event shared 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, as reported by local news outlet Metro News.

"But our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful 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 charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.

Before coming to the United States in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.

The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump deployed to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.

Following the shooting, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia.

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

They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, including the suspect's home country.