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

A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.

The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" stated the state's chief executive the governor.

The soldier's relatives expects 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.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen shot when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

"Our request remains for all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" the governor said.

Morrisey attended a vigil on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.

A clergyman at the vigil read a message 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 local news outlet Metro News.

"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 state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to wiggle his feet.

Law enforcement have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.

Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation.

The injured airman was one of two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

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

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

They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.