National Guardsman Recovering After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC

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

The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor.

The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

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

Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.

A clergyman at the event shared a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

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

"However our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the prayers and the support from people all over the globe."

Previously, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes.

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

Before coming to the US in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in the South Asian nation.

The injured airman was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.

In the aftermath of the incident, 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 reason for further restrictive policies.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, including the suspect's home country.