National Guardsman Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital

A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.

The family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.

The family anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.

The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His colleague, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.

"Our request remains for all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.

The governor was present at a vigil on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.

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 difficult journey to go," they wrote, as reported by local news outlet outlets.

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

Earlier in the week, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes.

Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.

Before coming to the US in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces in the South Asian nation.

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

Following the shooting, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has also referenced the shooting as a justification for further restrictive policies.

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