National Guardsman Recovering Following Being Shot in the Nation's Capital

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

The parents of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.

The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.

"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.

The governor attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.

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

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

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

Previously, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to wiggle his feet.

Law enforcement have charged the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.

Before coming to the United States 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 two thousand National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred military personnel deployed to the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has also referenced the shooting as a reason for additional restrictive policies.

They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the recent season, including the suspect's home country.