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

A member 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 Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor.

The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His colleague, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.

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

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

A pastor at the event shared a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

"We know that there is a long road to go," they wrote, as reported by regional media outlets.

"But our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the support 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 move his toes.

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

Prior to his arrival to the United States in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in the South Asian nation.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.

Following the shooting, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.

The former presidential office has also referenced the shooting as a reason for additional immigration crackdown measures.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, including the suspect's home country.