Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital

A servicemember of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.

The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 24, report "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.

The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement.

The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman began shooting not far from the presidential residence on November 26th. His colleague, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.

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

The governor attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.

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

"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by 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 state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.

Police have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.

Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces in the South Asian nation.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.

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

The former presidential office has also referenced the attack as a reason for additional immigration crackdown measures.

They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.