The Gretna Police Department has put Officer Charlie Rispoli on administrative leave following Rispoli's Facebook comment last week that suggested a Democratic congresswoman should be shot.

[Update, July 22, 2019; 2:55 p.m.: After social media post saying Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'needs a round,' two Gretna officers fired]

The email, sent just before 1 p.m. Monday, said Rispoli has been suspended without pay pending the department's internal investigation. Rispoli had posted a fake news story about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to his Facebook page Thursday and included a comment calling the Democratic congresswoman “a vile idiot” and saying she “needs a round, and I don't mean the kind she used to serve."

Chief Arthur Lawson is expected to release a statement to that effect later this afternoon.

Stay with Nola.com for updates on this developing story.