National Guardsman Recovering Following Being Shot in Washington DC

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

The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor.

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 recovery, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman began shooting not far from the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.

"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their 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 Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.

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

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

Previously, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to wiggle his feet.

Law enforcement have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.

Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.

The injured airman 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 Democratic-led cities.

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

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

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, among them Afghanistan.