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. Jan Molenaar Jan Molenaar, 51, was of Ngāti Kahungunu descent and grew up in Napier, where he went to Nelson Park Primary School, Napier Intermediate School and William Colenso College. In the 1980s he spent six years in the territorial armoured corps of the Hawke's Bay and Wellington Regiment. Molenaar is said to have been a loner, and to have missed his brother, who had killed himself after experimenting with methamphetamine. Timeline Senior constables Snee, Miller, and Diver went to Molenaar's home in Napier during a cannabis investigation. Molenaar fired shots at the policemen, killing Snee and wounding Miller and Diver. As Miller and Diver staggered away, neighbour Leonard Holmwood tried to wrestle the firearm from Molenaar before being shot in the leg and buttocks. Diver sheltered behind a neighbouring house where he was able to phone for back up. The Armed Offenders Squad responded quickly; with the aid of two members of the public they pulled Miller and Holmwood to safety. Prime Minister John Key later commended these officers for their bravery. Sacred Heart school, Nelson Park School, Napier Central School, Napier Intermediate and Napier Girls' High School were all on lockdown for Thursday, and Nelson Park School, Napier Central School and Napier Intermediate were shut on Friday. 7 May 9.30 am: Senior constables Len Snee, Bruce Miller and Grant Diver arrive at the home of Jan Molenaar, to serve a cannabis search warrant. Snee is shot dead, and the two other officers