Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering After Being Shot in the Nation's Capital

A servicemember of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.

The parents of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.

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.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire not far from the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 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 vigil on Friday evening for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a pupil.

A clergyman at the event read a message from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to local news outlet Metro News.

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

Previously, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of wiggle his feet.

Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.

Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.

In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred military personnel deployed to the nation's capital.

The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for additional restrictive policies.

They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.