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

A member of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.

The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.

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

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of state guardsmen shot when a shooter began shooting not far from the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

"We continue to ask all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" the governor said.

The governor was present at a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.

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

"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to regional media outlets.

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

Earlier in the week, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to wiggle his feet.

Police have charged the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that worked with US forces in the South Asian nation.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom President Donald Trump deployed to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has also referenced the shooting as a justification for further restrictive policies.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, including Afghanistan.