A National Guardsman is slowly recovering after being shot in Washington DC

A National Guard member is recovering after being seriously injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington, DC.

The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say “his head injury is slowly healing and he is starting to ‘look more like himself,'” West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said.

The family expects the Air Force sergeant to be in intensive care for the next two to three weeks and is optimistic about his progress, the governor said in a statement.

Sergeant Wolfe was one of two members of the West Virginia National Guard who were shot when a gunman opened fire not far from the White House on November 26. His colleague, Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died from her injuries.

“We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for your prayers!” the governor said in his statement.

Morrisey attended a vigil Friday night for Sergeant Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guard was a student.

A pastor at the vigil read a message from the soldier’s parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

“We know there is a long road ahead,” they wrote, according to local media outlet Metro News.

“But our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the prayers and support of people around the world.”

Earlier in the week, the governor said Sergeant Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs up and was able to wiggle his toes.

Police charged the alleged shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.

Before arriving in the United States in 2021, he was a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that worked with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Sergeant Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members that President Donald Trump deployed to the nation’s Capitol in August as part of his fight against immigration and crime in Democratic-led cities.

After the shooting, Trump said he wanted another 500 National Guard troops sent to the nation’s capital.

The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as reason to take additional immigration crackdown measures.

They canceled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the summer, including Afghanistan.