The scene in Far Rockaway, Queens where Police Officer Jonathan Diller (inset) was gunned down on March 25, 2024.
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell/Inset courtesy of NYPD
The two prime suspects in the deadly Queens shooting of Police Officer Jonathan Diller on Monday night have lengthy rap sheets to their name.
Police sources identified the pair as Guy Rivera, 34, who is currently hospitalized after being wounded in a shootout with Diller and his partner; and Lindy Jones, 41, who was taken into custody at the scene.Â
Rivera, the alleged shooter, served six years in prison after being convicted in 2016 of criminal possession of a controlled substance. During his time behind bars, he was additional convicted of a hate crime for throwing feces and urine at correctional officers, according to police sources.
Jones, meanwhile, has 14 prior arrests to his record, including a 2001 attempted murder charge for a shooting and robbery, and a 2019 arrest for domestic violence. In April 2023, Jones was picked up in Queens on a criminal possession of a weapon charge for possessing a firearm, and was released on $75,000 bail.
Charges against Rivera and Jones are still pending the results of the ongoing investigation into the killing of Diller, who was gunned down during a hail of bullets at the corner of Mott Avenue and Beach 19th Street in Far Rockaway at about 4:52 p.m. on March 25.
Police officials said Monday night that Diller and his partner, assigned to the Patrol Borough Queens South Community Response Team, approached a vehicle allegedly driven by Jones, with Rivera in the passenger seat, after observing the car parked in a bus stop.
Seconds later, authorities said, the passenger inside the vehicle displayed a handgun and pointed it at the two officers. This led to an exchange of gunfire, during which Diller took a fatal bullet to his abdomen that lodged just below the bulletproof vest he wore.
Despite being wounded, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny…
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