Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing After Being Shot in Washington DC

A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital.

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

The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.

The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

"Our request remains for all West Virginians and Americans for their prayers!" the governor said.

Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil.

A clergyman at the vigil read a message from the soldier's parents, his family.

"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, according to regional media outlets.

"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the prayers 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 able to wiggle his feet.

Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Before coming to the US in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that operated alongside American troops in the South Asian nation.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

Following the shooting, Trump said he wanted another 500 military personnel deployed to the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a reason 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, among them the suspect's home country.