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

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

The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.

The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, said the governor.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter opened fire not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His colleague, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.

"We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.

The governor attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student.

A clergyman at the event read a message from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

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

"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world."

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

Law enforcement have charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.

Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt Wolfe 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 Democratic-led cities.

Following the shooting, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops sent to the District of Columbia.

The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban implemented over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.