INWOOD, W.Va. — The West Virginia National Guard member who survived last week's shooting in Washington is slowly healing, West Virginia's governor said Friday.

Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe's head wound is slowly improving and “he's beginning to ‘look more like himself,’” Gov. Patrick Morrisey said in a statement quoting Wolfe's parents.

Wolfe and Spc. Sarah Beckstrom were ambushed as they patrolled a subway station three blocks from the White House on Nov. 26. Beckstrom died from her injuries the next day.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who was also shot during the confrontation, has been charged with murder. He has pleaded not guilty.

Wolfe's family expects he will be in acute care for another two or three weeks, the governor said. He asked that West Virginians and Am

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