Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC

A servicemember of the Air 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, report "the injury to his head 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 intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting 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!" the governor said.

The governor attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.

A clergyman at the event read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

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

"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the globe."

Previously, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes.

Police have charged the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.

Before coming to the United States in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces 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 urban centers.

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

The Trump administration 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 announced over the summer, including the suspect's home country.