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

A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital.

The family of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, 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 anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his progress, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman opened fire not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His colleague, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.

"Our request remains for all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.

Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.

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

"We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet outlets.

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

Previously, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.

Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.

Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

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

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

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