A veteran Gretna police officer was shot in his bulletproof vest, and two suspects were wounded, in a shootout following an undercover drug bust Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 9), authorities said.
The wounded officer, a roughly 18-year veteran of the Gretna Police Department, was part of a Westbank Major Crime Task Force that was attempting to stop two men suspected of selling heroin around 2:30 p.m. near Claire Avenue and Westbank Expressway, Gretna police Deputy Chief Anthony Christiana told the Times-Picayune .