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

A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.

The family of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.

The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.

The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen shot when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their prayers!" the governor said.

Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.

A clergyman at the event shared a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to local news outlet outlets.

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

Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of wiggle his feet.

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

Before coming 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 American troops in the South Asian nation.

The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.

Following the shooting, the former president said he desired another 500 military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.

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

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, including the suspect's home country.