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 Washington DC.

The family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.

The family anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen shot when a shooter began shooting not far from the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.

"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.

Morrisey attended a vigil on Friday evening for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.

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

"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet Metro News.

"However our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the prayers and the support from people all over the world."

Earlier in the week, the governor said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of wiggle his feet.

Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Prior to his arrival to the US in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

Following the incident, the former president said he desired another 500 National Guard troops sent to the District of Columbia.

The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a reason for additional immigration crackdown measures.

They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.