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A US man linked with the culprits behind the fatal Wieambilla, Australia shooting that took six lives – including two officers from Queensland – has agreed to a less severe plea deal.

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

The individual with prior convictions, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to plead guilty to a single charge of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition in a deal to be sanctioned by the judiciary in the current month.

Connections to Australian Shooters

Investigators confirmed direct links between Day and the Train couple through digital communications.

This couple, along with Gareth’s brother Nathaniel, killed Queensland police officers Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a remote property in Wieambilla, Queensland in 2022.

They were killed in a final shootout with police, following a protracted siege at the rural site.

US prosecutors said Day corresponded via online platforms with the perpetrators around the time of the fatal attack.

Day referred to Queensland officers as “evil, corrupt, and wicked”, and said they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, informing the Trains he desired to be at Wieambilla physically.

Legal filings outlined how the couple had uploaded an end-times video on YouTube after the shootings, saying police “came to kill us and we killed them”.

“If you don’t defend yourself against these devils and demons, you’re a coward … We will meet you at home, Don. With love,” the Trains said.

Weapons Stockpile and Legal Proceedings

Legal records show Day stockpiled a collection of multiple powerful guns and numerous bullets of ammunition at a country estate in Heber, AZ, that was equipped with a shooting range, gun room and sniper’s nest.

“The firearms and ammunition were kept in the mobile home I shared with S.S., in a room we called the ‘gun room’,” Day said in the plea deal submitted in the legal system.

Day said he frequently used both the weapons storage and the firearms, and also trained individuals on how to use the firearms correctly.

The plea deal will lead to charges dropped that pertain to the alleged making of threats to public figures and federal agents.

According to court documents, Day had been prohibited from possessing weapons and firearms because of his violent criminal history.

The defendant, who has completed 24 months in custody, could receive a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in jail or a penalty of $250,000 (A$381,500), but the plea deal specifies he will be judged under the low end of the sentencing guidelines.