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

A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.

The parents of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.

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

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members 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 prayers!" Morrisey declared.

Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.

A clergyman at the event shared a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

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

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

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.

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

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

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.

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

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

They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, including Afghanistan.