National Guardsman Recovering After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital

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

The family of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.

The family anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.

The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen shot when a shooter began shooting not far from the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.

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

Morrisey was present at a vigil on Friday evening 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 soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

"We know that there is a long road to go," they wrote, according to local news outlet outlets.

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

Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes.

Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.

Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the Washington DC in August as part of his policy initiative in urban centers.

Following the shooting, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel deployed to the nation's capital.

The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a reason for further restrictive policies.

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.