Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering After Being Shot in the Nation's Capital

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

The family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.

The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement.

The serviceman was one of two 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.

"We continue to ask all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.

The governor attended a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student.

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

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

"However our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the globe."

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

Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.

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 American troops in the South Asian nation.

The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.

Following the shooting, the former president said he wanted another 500 military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.

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

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.