National Guardsman Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC

A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting 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,'" said West Virginia Governor 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 recovery, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen shot when a gunman opened fire not far from the presidential residence on November 26th. His colleague, 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.

The governor attended a vigil on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.

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

"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to regional media outlets.

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

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

Police have charged the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 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 operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.

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

Following the incident, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops sent to the District of Columbia.

The Trump administration has also referenced the shooting as a justification for further restrictive policies.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the recent season, including Afghanistan.