Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing 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 Washington DC.

The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, say "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.

The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.

"We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.

Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a student.

A pastor at the event read a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.

"We know that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to local news outlet Metro News.

"But 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 the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to wiggle his feet.

Law enforcement have charged the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.

Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.

In the aftermath of the incident, the former president said he desired another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia.

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

They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.