A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.
The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on 26 November. His colleague, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor attended a vigil on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the event read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet outlets.
"However our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the well-wishes 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 positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.
Law enforcement have charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
Following the incident, Trump said he wanted another 500 military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a reason for additional restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.
