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

A servicemember 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 Andrew Wolfe, 24, 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 anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.

"Our request remains for all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.

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

A pastor at the vigil read a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.

"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to local news outlet outlets.

"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the globe."

Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes.

Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.

Prior to his arrival 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 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, the former president said he desired another 500 military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.

The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a justification for additional restrictive policies.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, including the suspect's home country.