Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering Following Being Shot in Washington DC

A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.

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

The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire not far from the presidential residence on November 26th. His colleague, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.

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

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

"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, as reported by regional media outlets.

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

Previously, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.

Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.

Before coming 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 US forces in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

In the aftermath of the incident, Trump said he wanted another 500 National Guard troops sent to the nation's capital.

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

They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.