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

A servicemember of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.

The family of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.

The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen shot when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

"Our request remains for all state residents and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.

The governor attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.

A pastor at the vigil shared a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.

"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet Metro News.

"However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the globe."

Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.

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 two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in Afghanistan.

The injured airman was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the Washington DC 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 another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.

The former presidential office has also referenced the shooting as a justification for further restrictive policies.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.