Napier shootings

Napier shootings
Napier shootings
	A NZLAV used during the siege
Location	Napier, New Zealand
Date	7–9 May 2009 ; 9.30 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. (UTC+12)
Attack type	Mass shooting, murder-suicide, shootout, siege
Weapons	Sawed-off Remington 870 shotgun; L1A1 SLR Battle rifle; Two Ruger Mini-14 rifles with folding stocks; Two Ruger 10/22 rifles; Sawed-off Winchester 1300 shotgun; Mossberg 590 shotgun; Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver;
Deaths	2 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	3
Perpetrator	Jan Molenaar
Defenders	Armed Offenders Squad, Special Tactics Group

The Napier shootings (also called the Napier siege by the New Zealand media) took place on 7 May 2009 in Napier, New Zealand. At around 9.30 am, Jan Molenaar fired on police officers executing a cannabis search warrant at his house at 41 Chaucer Road, killing Senior Constable Len Snee and seriously injuring senior constables Bruce Miller and Grant Diver. A neighbour attempting to assist the police was also shot.

Over 100 police officers, including Armed Offenders Squad and Special Tactics Group members, were brought in to contain the gunman, who was identified as a former territorial soldier. A siege lasting over 40 hours developed, during which officers made repeated attempts under fire to retrieve the body of the slain officer. With the assistance of two Army NZLAVs, they were successful at about 5 p.m. on 8 May.

At around midday on 9 May, police found the gunman dead inside the master bedroom of the house.

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