Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC

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

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

The soldier's relatives anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement.

The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen shot when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.

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

The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a pupil.

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

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

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

Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.

Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.

Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.

Following the incident, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel deployed to the nation's capital.

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

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, among them Afghanistan.