National Guardsman Healing Following Being Shot in Washington DC

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

The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, say "his head wound 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 acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement.

The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His colleague, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.

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

The governor attended a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a pupil.

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

"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, according to regional media Metro News.

"But our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the prayers and the support from people all over the world."

Previously, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.

Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.

Before coming to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol 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 another 500 military personnel deployed 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 travel ban announced over the recent season, including the suspect's home country.