UPDATE: Boston Police Identify Officer Shot Friday

Above: Grant Headley, 27, of Dorchester, was arrested after allegedly shooting a Boston Police officer in the leg. Other photos courtesy of WHDH, 7 News.

Officer Kurt Stokinger is recovering after being shot in the leg while approaching a drug suspect Friday morning.

Stokinger, a father of two young children, is reportedly “doing well” in the hospital. .

“Our officer is doing well as he continues to recover from his injuries,” Boston Police said in a statement released Saturday morning.

Stokinger was shot in the Dorchester area Friday morning. A suspect is in custody and the weapon — a semi-automatic Glock .40 caliber handgun — has been recovered.

The shooting happened in the Mount Bowdoin Terrace - Geneva Avenue area in the Dorchester neighborhood just before 10:30 a.m. The Mattapan Drug Unit approached a known suspect on the street, boxing in his car to stop him. As police were getting out of the car, the suspect, identified as Grant Headley, 27, of Dorchester, began to fire “unprovoked,” Police Commissioner Williams Evans said.

One officer was struck in the leg. His fellow officers applied a tourniquet to slow the bleeding while others gave chase, tackling Headley and taking him into custody. The officer was rushed to Boston Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries. He was alert and conscious, Evans said during a press conference just after noon. He has not yet identified the officer, pending notification of his family.

Evans commended the officers for their bravery and the restraint they showed taking Headley into custody without further injury. Headley had recently been released from prison, where he served a three years on previous gun and drug charges, Evans said. He was on probation.

Mayor Marty Walsh commended the work of the Boston Police, particularly when it comes to guns.

“We have too many guns on the street,” said Walsh who was in Washington, DC this week to support President Barack Obama’s efforts to tighten gun laws. “We are not going to tolerate anyone going after the Boston Police Department. Their job is to protect the community and protect the neighborhood. And that is what they do every single day, day in and day out.”