Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering Following Being Shot in Washington DC

A member of the National Guard is showing improvement 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 "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.

The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, 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 began shooting not far from the White House on November 26th. His colleague, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.

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

The governor attended a vigil 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 vigil shared a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.

"We know that there is a long road to go," they wrote, 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."

Previously, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.

Law enforcement have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.

Before coming to the US in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in the South Asian nation.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.

Following the shooting, Trump said he desired another 500 military personnel deployed to the nation's capital.

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 a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, among them Afghanistan.