National Guardsman Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC

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

The family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.

The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting not far from the White House on 26 November. His colleague, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.

"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.

The governor was present at a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.

A clergyman at the vigil read a message from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, according to local news outlet outlets.

"However our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful 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 positive gesture and was capable of wiggle his feet.

Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.

Prior to his arrival to the US in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in Afghanistan.

The injured airman was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.

In the aftermath of the incident, Trump said he desired another 500 military personnel sent to the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has also referenced the shooting as a reason for further immigration crackdown measures.

They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the summer, including the suspect's home country.