US Individual Linked to Aussie Shooters Strikes Plea Deal with Prosecutors

An American citizen linked with the perpetrators behind the fatal Wieambilla attack that took the lives of six individuals – including two Queensland police officers – has accepted a less severe plea agreement.

Resident of Arizona Donald Day Jr. will appear in court on October 21 after striking the plea deal with American authorities.

The individual with prior convictions, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is anticipated to plead guilty to a single offense of unlawfully possessing guns and bullets in a deal to be approved by the judiciary this month.

Connections to Australian Shooters

Authorities established clear connections between the defendant and Gareth and Stacey Train through digital communications.

This couple, along with Nathaniel Train, killed officers from Queensland Arnold and McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla in 2022.

The Trains were fatally shot in a gun battle with police, following a protracted siege at the rural site.

US prosecutors said the accused corresponded via online platforms with the perpetrators around the time of the deadly ambush.

He described Queensland officers as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and declared they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, telling them he wanted to be at Wieambilla in person.

Court documents outlined how Gareth and Stacey Train had uploaded an end-times video on the video platform after the shootings, stating police “attempted to kill us, and we retaliated”.

“Failing to stand against these evil forces makes one a coward … we’ll see you at home, Don. Love you,” they expressed.

Firearms Cache and Court Case

Legal records show Day stockpiled a collection of nine high-powered firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammo at a country estate in Heber, AZ, that was outfitted with a shooting range, weapons room and sniper’s nest.

“The guns and ammo were stored in the trailer I occupied with S.S., within a space we named the 'gun room',” Day said in the agreement submitted in court.

He said he regularly accessed both the gun room and the weapons, and also trained others on how to operate the firearms properly.

The plea deal will result in charges dropped that relate to the accused making of threats to officials and federal agents.

Based on legal files, the individual had been banned from owning guns and arms because of his history of violent crimes.

The defendant, who has completed 24 months in detention, faces a highest sentence of up to 15 years in jail or a fine of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement stipulates he will be sentenced under the low end of the sentencing guidelines.