National Guardsman Healing Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital

A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.

The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.

The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his progress, according to the official's statement.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the White House on November 26th. His colleague, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.

"Our request remains for all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.

Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.

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

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

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

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

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

Before coming to the United States 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 two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.

In the aftermath of the incident, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has also referenced the attack as a reason for further restrictive policies.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban announced over the summer, among them Afghanistan.