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

A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.

The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.

The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen shot when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His colleague, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.

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

Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a student.

A clergyman at the vigil shared a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.

"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to local news outlet Metro News.

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

Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was capable of wiggle his feet.

Police have charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.

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 operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.

The injured airman was one of two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.

In the aftermath of the incident, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops sent to the nation's capital.

The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.