Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering After Being Shot in the Nation's Capital

A servicemember 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 Andrew Wolfe, 24, 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 soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his progress, according to the official's statement.

The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen shot when a shooter opened fire not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

"Our request remains for all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.

The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student.

A pastor at the event shared a message from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

"We know that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to regional media Metro News.

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

Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes.

Police have charged the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Prior to his arrival to the United States in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.

The injured airman was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

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

The former presidential office has also referenced the shooting as a reason for further immigration crackdown measures.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, including the suspect's home country.