National Guardsman Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC

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

The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's beginning 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 coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of state guardsmen shot when a shooter began shooting not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.

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

Morrisey attended a vigil on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.

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

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

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

Earlier in the week, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to wiggle his feet.

Police have charged the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.

Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in Afghanistan.

The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

Following the incident, the former president said he desired another 500 military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia.

The Trump administration has also cited the shooting 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 announced over the recent season, including Afghanistan.