Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC

A servicemember of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.

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

The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.

The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.

"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.

The governor attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a student.

A clergyman at the event read a message from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to local news outlet Metro News.

"However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the globe."

Previously, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.

Police have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.

Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that worked with US forces in Afghanistan.

The injured airman was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.

In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.

The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a justification for additional immigration crackdown measures.

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