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

A servicemember of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.

The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor.

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

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen shot when a gunman began shooting not far from the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.

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

The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.

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

"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to regional media outlets.

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

Earlier in the week, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to 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.

Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside American troops in the South Asian nation.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom President Donald Trump deployed to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.

In the aftermath of the incident, the former president said he wanted another 500 military personnel deployed to the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has also referenced the shooting as a reason for additional immigration crackdown measures.

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