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

A servicemember of the Air 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, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.

The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting not far from the White House on November 26th. His colleague, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

"Our request remains for all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" the governor said.

Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil.

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

"We know that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to local news outlet outlets.

"However our faith 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 acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.

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

Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.

Following the shooting, the former president said he desired another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.

The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a reason for further restrictive policies.

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