National Guardsman Healing Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC

A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.

The family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.

The family anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement.

The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

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

Morrisey attended a vigil on last Friday night for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.

A clergyman at the event read a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

"We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to regional media outlets.

"However our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world."

Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.

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

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.

The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.

Following the incident, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia.

The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a justification for additional restrictive policies.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, including Afghanistan.