National Guardsman Recovering Following Being Shot in Washington DC

A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.

The family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.

The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen shot when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the White House on November 26th. His colleague, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.

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

The governor was present at a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student.

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

"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet outlets.

"But our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the prayers and the support from people all over the globe."

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

Law enforcement have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Before coming to the US in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.

The injured airman was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

Following the incident, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a reason for further immigration crackdown measures.

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