Guy Rivera was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday morning after he was indicted on first-degree murder for fatally shooting Det. Jonathan Diller in Far Rockaway in March.
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The Woodside man who is accused in the fatal shooting of NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller was indicted by a Queens grand jury and arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday morning.
Guy Rivera, 34, whose last known address is on Broadway in Woodside, is criminally charged with first-degree murder for gunning down Det. Diller and first-degree attempted murder for attempting to fire at an NYPD sergeant in Far Rockaway on Mar. 25. Rivera, along with co-defendant Lindy Jones of Edgemere, was also indicted on weapons charges.
Rivera faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted.
“Detective Diller was shot and killed while trying to rid our streets of illegal weapons, a lawless act that was an affront to a civilized society,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said.
According to the charges and statements made in court, at approximately 5:45 p.m. on Monday, Mar. 25, an NYPD officer on patrol in Far Rockaway saw Rivera with what appeared to be a gun in the front pocket of his sweatshirt as he exited a store with Jones. Rivera and Jones then got into a 2016 Kia Soul parked illegally at a bus stop in front of 19-19 Mott Ave., with Jones in the driver’s seat.
Diller and other officers approached the car and repeatedly ordered Rivera to lower his window before they were able to open the car door. Rivera then pulled out the handgun and shot Diller, striking him in the stomach below his bulletproof vest. After shooting Diller, Rivera then aimed his gun at NYPD Sergeant Saha Rosen, who was with Diller. Rosen used his hand to direct the firearm away from his body. Rivera’s finger remained on the trigger as he tried to point the .380-caliber pistol back toward the sergeant. The gun was loaded but…
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