SCHENECTADY - When Anthony Logan was wounded Monday morning by city cops, he was not armed, but some of the first officers responding to the domestic dispute call at his Mumford Street home saw him toss a backpack into a nearby house, Police Chief Eric Clifford said.

Inside that knapsack, which police quickly retrieved, was a loaded sawed-off shotgun that had been spray-painted to look like a toy and more ammunition, Clifford said at a news conference Wednesday at police headquarters.

"After a thorough search of the property and surrounding properties, no gun was recovered other than the one thrown by Mr. Logan prior to him being shot," Clifford said at a news conference Wednesday at Police Headquarters. He said the investigation into the shooting, occurring shortly before 10 a.m. Monday at 535 Mumford St., is not done.

The police chief said Logan, who police on scene learned was a parolee,"said multiple times that he had a gun, many times swearing on his mother's life that he had one "as the drama played out live on Facebook. She recently passed away.

Logan, 23, was on parole for an attempted weapons possession conviction for which he served state prison time.

"Mr. Logan then abruptly and without warning while holding an unidentified object in his hands lunged over the railing and points in the direction of three police officers," added Clifford about the moments before the shooting.

He said investigators had not conclusively determined the mystery object Logan was holding, how many shots were fired or if Logan, 23, wanted to die by so called "suicide by cop."

Clifford called the shooting justified and said it complies with city police department policy and the state law on the use of deadly physical force by law enforcement officers.

As Clifford spoke at the police station, a few miles away, Logan's wife Johanna Logan, 36, was cleaning up the blood-stained balcony and pondering an uncertain future without her husband.

She told the Times Union that Logan, whom she had dated on and of for a while but married on May 12, had become increasingly frustrated about going on several job interviews and still not being able to get a job because of his criminal record.

"He was a good man who just happened to have a lot of trouble in his life," added Logan, 36, who said she is about six weeks pregnant with her husband's child. "He just lost his mom and was going through a very tough time, and just needed some help."

She acknowledged that things got physical during their disagreement and that she "just wanted the cops to remove him but not for all this extra stuff to happen."

Logan, who at one point of the video comes onto the porch with only a towel wrapped around her, said she didn't know he had a gun in the apartment. She eventually left unharmed.

Logan said she has not spoken to her husband since the shooting because of a restraining order barring any contact with him.

Clifford said Logan was hit twice, once in the shoulder once in the hip.

"It's a piece of evidence that's invaluable," said Clifford about the recording.

On the video, Logan can been seen speaking to police officers from a second-floor balcony. He uses his hands to punctuate points throughout the back-and-forth but at one point he abruptly jutted a hand toward officers who opened fire.

Clifford said the officers didn't get immediate medical treatment to Logan because they didn't know if the wounded man was still a threat. It wasn't until the department's tactical unit went inside to make sure it was safe that he was treated by firefighter paramedics and then taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital.

He remained there Wednesday listed in stable condition.

Clifford declined to say if police investigators had interviewed Logan but that criminal charges against him were imminent.