An AOS team enter the area as Napier police deal with an incident in Chaucer Road where a police officer was shot and an armed offender is still at large, Napier, New Zealand, Friday, May 08, 2009.

An ambulance leaves the scene after over 20 shots are fired as Napier police deal with an incident in Chaucer Road where a police officer was shot and an armed offender is still at large, Napier, New Zealand, Friday, May 08, 2009.

An army LAV leaves the scene after over 20 shots were fired as Napier police deal with an incident in Chaucher Road where a police officer was shot and an armed offender is still at large, Napier, New Zealand, Friday, May 08, 2009.

An AOS team enter the area as Napier police deal with an incident in Chaucer Road where a police officer was shot and an armed offender is still at large, Napier, New Zealand, Friday, May 08, 2009.

A police van leaves the scene as police recover the body of Senior Constable Len Snee, Napier, New Zealand, Friday, May 08, 2009.

Police at the bottom of Chaucer Road where a police officer was shot and an armed offender is possibly dead, Napier, New Zealand, Friday, May 08, 2009.