National Guardsman Healing Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC

A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.

The family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor 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 two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.

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

Morrisey was present at a vigil on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe 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 guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to local news outlet Metro News.

"However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the support from people all over the world."

Previously, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.

Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Prior to his arrival to the United States in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that worked with 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 August as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.

Following the shooting, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.

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

They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban implemented over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.