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The STG went first to Gray's house, passing bodies on the street. After clearing neighbouring houses they put a [[stun grenade]] into Gray's, blowing out the windows, followed by [[Riot control agent|tear gas]]. Kicking down the door, they discovered it was empty.<ref>{{harv|Forbes|1997|p=204}}</ref> The group then worked down the road, checking each house, a squad on either side of the street. The STG called up the AOS, with members from Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, and New Plymouth, to their backs. The group discovered Sergeant Guthrie's revolver in a garden, and a woman who had been hiding under a table for more than twenty hours.
[[File:House where Gray was shot dead.jpeg|thumb|left|260px|The house in [[Aramoana]] where David Gray was shot dead on November 14, 1990.]]
After a long day searching from house to house, the STG checked a crib with a broken window on the north-eastern side of the township. The crib had large hedges on both sides, and a fibrolite shed at the rear. The group spotted Gray briefly at a window, and a battle ensued. Police put a stun grenade through a window, but it bounced off a mattress that Gray had placed as a barricade and landed back near police. Police fired [[Riot control agent|teargas]] into the crib. Gray began shooting not at police but through the fibrolite shed. The STG opened fire, both sides shooting for two minutes, Gray walking around inside firing randomly.<ref name=Forbes1997p206>{{harv|Forbes|1997|p=206}}</ref> A stray bullet that passed through the crib struck an STG officer in the ankle.<ref name=Forbes1997p206/> As soon as the shooting erupted, the Air Force Iroquois took up position overhead to help ensure Gray could not escape into nearby bushes in the fading light of the approaching second night.
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