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

A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.

The family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.

The soldier's relatives anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman began shooting not far from the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.

"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.

The governor 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 pupil.

A clergyman at the event shared a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.

"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, as reported by local news outlet Metro News.

"But our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the support from people all over the world."

Previously, the governor said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was capable of wiggle his feet.

Law enforcement have charged the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Before coming to the United States in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

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

The Trump administration has also referenced the attack as a justification for additional immigration crackdown measures.

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