The suspect in the shooting incident Wednesday morning that left an Albany police officer wounded died from a self-inflicted gunshot, according to police.

Police identified the suspect as Amiel Layeni, 28 of Albany. The wounded officer was also identified — Jonathan Damphier, who was hired by the APD in February 2021.

Police Chief Eric Hawkins said Thursday that Layeni died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Police found two illegally-possessed 9-millimeter handguns at the scene, and a search warrant served on Layeni's home uncovered a 9-millimeter ghost gun, Hawkins said. The chief also said Layeni was on probation stemming from a reckless driving incident from late 2022.

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan added that there was "every indication" that Olayeni "had a history of mental health issues."

Hawkins said that, in the incident around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday in the area of North Main and Western avenues, Layeni fired two shots at Damphier, hitting him once in the upper leg. Damphier underwent surgery Wednesday, and the chief said that went well and that the officer's prognosis is positive, though he didn't know when Damphier would be released from the hospital.

"Hopefully we can get this officer recovered soon and back on the job," Hawkins added.

There was also evidence from Layeni's autopsy, conducted Wednesday, that he sustained a graze wound to the body consistent with a gunshot. Damphier also returned fire in the incident after being wounded.

The APD released a portion of Damphier's body-worn camera footage from the incident, which stopped after the officer was hit by gunfire. Hawkins said the full bodycam video was not released to the public out of respect to Damphier's family. He said it was "important to put something out there," but felt it "wasn't appropriate" to release the full video — which both he and Sheehan have seen — to the public.

"We wanted to present it in as pure a form as we could so that people see it as we saw it, but also by being very sensitive to some of those areas the family would ... be concerned about," Hawkins said. "It's not trying to hide anything. I think we've been very transparent in how we've handled it so far."

"[We have] not had an officer struck by gunfire in two decades in Albany, so for all of us, this is newer territory," Sheehan said Thursday.

Despite the public not seeing the full video, Hawkins said he is confident that investigations conducted by the APD, the Albany Community Police Review Board and the state attorney general's office would conduct thorough probes.