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

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

The family of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.

The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen shot when a gunman opened fire not far from the presidential residence on November 26th. His colleague, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.

"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their prayers!" the governor said.

The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student.

A pastor 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 regional media Metro News.

"But our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the globe."

Previously, the governor said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.

Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.

In the aftermath of the shooting, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia.

The former presidential office has also referenced the shooting as a justification for further restrictive policies.

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