Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering 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 gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.

The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.

"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.

Morrisey was present at a vigil on Friday evening for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.

A clergyman at the event read 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 expressed, as reported by local news outlet outlets.

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

Previously, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.

Law enforcement have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

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 worked with 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 immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

In the aftermath of the shooting, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops sent to the nation's capital.

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

They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.