Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing After Being Shot in Washington DC

A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.

The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.

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

The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His colleague, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

"We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.

Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a student.

A clergyman at the event read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.

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

"But our belief 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 Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.

Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.

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 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president deployed 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 shooting, Trump said he wanted an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a reason for further restrictive policies.

They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, including the suspect's home country.