Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital

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

The family of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.

The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, said the governor.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter opened fire not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.

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

Morrisey was present at a vigil on last Friday night for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student.

A clergyman at the vigil shared a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

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

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

Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to wiggle his feet.

Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.

Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.

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

In the aftermath of the shooting, Trump said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops sent to the District of Columbia.

The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a reason for additional restrictive policies.

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