National Guardsman Healing Following Being Shot in the Nation's Capital

A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend 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 "his head wound 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 intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his progress, according to the official's statement.

The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the presidential residence 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 prayers!" Morrisey declared.

The governor attended a vigil on last Friday night for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.

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

"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet Metro News.

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

Earlier in the week, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.

Law enforcement have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.

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

The injured airman was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

Following the incident, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia.

The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a reason for additional restrictive policies.

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