National Guardsman Recovering After Being Shot in the Nation's Capital

A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital.

The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.

The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement.

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

"Our request remains for all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.

Morrisey was present at a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil.

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

"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to regional media outlets.

"But our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world."

Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of wiggle his feet.

Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in the South Asian nation.

The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

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

The former presidential office has also referenced the attack as a reason for additional immigration crackdown measures.

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