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The brother of the man believed to have shot at police in Napier yesterday says he would be willing to talk to him and tell him to give himself up, but that police have not contacted him.
Police have been surrounding the Napier Hill home of Jan Molenaar since he
allegedly shot and killed Senior Constable Len Snee about 9.30am yesterday during a drugs raid that went wrong.
Two other officers and a civilian were shot and injured. They are in a critical condition in Hawke's Bay Hospital.
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Peter Molenaar told Radio New Zealand this morning that his brother had been for a walk and was "pumped up" when he returned home to find police there at 9.30am.
"Obviously, he was all pumped up from his walk and his adrenaline was going, and that was it," he said.
"He over-reacted to the situation. He flipped," Mr Molenaar said.
He said that he had not known that his brother had a lot of ammunition in the house.
"No we didn't know that but obviously his partner knew that," Mr Molenaar said.
He said the woman phoned him last night and told him it was "all under control".
'Out of my hands'
Peter Molenaar said he was "not very sure" that he would see his brother alive again.
"The way it's gone, it's gone out of my hands," Mr Molenaar said.
He said his brother had told him he knew police had been watching the house over the past two weeks.
He said his brother Jan was an "occasional" drug user, but had "definitely not" used P.
"I'm very sorry what has happened here".
He said he hoped Jan would give himself up "but it's hard to say what is going through one person's mind".
"Yes, we are upset. It's not a good thing," Mr Molenaar said.
He said he has tried calling his brother but cannot get through.
"I'd say they've isolated him," Mr Molenaar said.
Former soldier
The gunman had rung his brother after the shootings. "Have you heard the latest?" he said. "I've shot a policeman."
Mr Molenaar told TVNZ's Close Up last night that his brother might be using guns he used in pig hunting and during his time as a soldier.
He said his brother used to keep his guns in a sealed case in the family home when they were growing up.
"He used to get into it ... a bit of body-building, and fire a lot of shots down the river."
'Dab hand' with guns
A friend of Molenaar's said he styled himself on Sylvester Stallone's Rambo film character and could have rigged his house with explosives.
The friend told NZPA that Molenaar was a former Territorial Army soldier who strived to be like the movie character.
He said Molenaar had been out walking his dog yesterday morning when he returned to find the police executing their search warrant.
Molenaar was a "dab hand" with guns and explosives, and a loner with only a few close friends.
He was obsessed with his fitness and had been known to run up Napier Hill with his brother on his back.
Mother inconsolable
Jan Molenaar's mother, Anna Molenaar, was inconsolable last night.
"Police told me my son was involved in all the shooting. I just broke down.
"I had one son commit suicide, so this is just another one ... you have to live through again."
Mrs Molenaar despaired that Mr Snee's life had been lost over a small amount of drugs.
She told Close Up: "I just want to apologise to the policeman that was shot ...
"What are they [Jan] trying to protect? That is what I want to know. A silly marijuana plant? What a thing to protect ... [and] take someone's life."
Eastern district commander Superintendent Sam Hoyle said yesterday that Jan Molenaar was known to police, but only in a minor way.
"He was certainly not on our radar as a high-risk offender. The job the police went to this morning was a very mundane, low-level cannabis operation."
Additional reporting: NZ HERALD STAFF & NZPA
