Philadelphia Officer Wounded in Hand by Ricochet Off Armor

A veteran Philadelphia narcotics unit police officer was shot in his bullet-resistant vest and grazed in the hand by the ricocheted bullet early Wednesday morning while serving a search warrant in North Philadelphia.

"Earlier today a Philadelphia police officer was shot in the line of duty as he was serving a search warrant with the narcotics unit in North Philadelphia," Mayor Cherelle Parker said at a news conference outside Jefferson University Hospital.

A shot was fired after a 10-person police team breached the first door of the home and started to enter the second door, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel told NBC .

The bullet struck the right side of the officer's vest and ricocheted into his hand, Bethel said.

"He is going to be fine," a "grateful" Bethel said, while noting the officer's "sacrifice" to serve his community.