National Guardsman Recovering After Being Shot in Washington DC

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

The family of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said West Virginia Governor 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 recovery, according to the official's statement.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.

"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.

The governor was present at a vigil on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.

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, according to local news outlet outlets.

"But our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the globe."

Earlier in the week, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.

Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Before coming to the US 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 Afghanistan.

The injured airman was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.

In the aftermath of the shooting, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.

The Trump administration has also referenced the shooting as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.

They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, including the suspect's home country.