National Guardsman Recovering Following Being Shot in the Nation's Capital

A member of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital.

The family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, say "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.

The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his progress, said the governor.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a shooter opened fire not far from the White House on November 26th. His colleague, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.

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

The governor attended a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student.

A clergyman at the event read a message from the soldier's parents, his family.

"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to regional media outlets.

"But our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful 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 positive gesture and was capable of wiggle his feet.

Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.

Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces in the South Asian nation.

The injured airman was one of two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.

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

The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for additional 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 summer, including Afghanistan.