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An American citizen associated with the perpetrators behind the fatal Wieambilla, Australia shooting that took six lives – among them two officers from Queensland – has accepted a watered-down plea agreement.

Arizona-based Donald Day Jr. will appear in court on 21 October after finalizing the bargain with American authorities.

The individual with prior convictions, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to admit guilt to a single charge of unlawfully possessing guns and bullets in a deal to be approved by the judiciary in the current month.

Links to Australian Shooters

Investigators confirmed clear connections between Day and Gareth and Stacey Train through online posts.

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

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

American officials said the accused communicated via social media with the Trains around the time of the fatal attack.

Day described Queensland police as “evil, corrupt, and wicked”, and said they should be shown “no mercy whatsoever”, telling the Trains he desired to be at the scene physically.

Legal filings detailed how Gareth and Stacey Train had posted an end-times video on the video platform 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’ll see you at home, Don. Love you,” they expressed.

Weapons Stockpile and Court Case

Court documents show Day accumulated a cache of nine high-powered firearms and numerous bullets of ammunition at a country estate in Heber, Arizona, that was outfitted with a gun range, gun room and sniper hide.

“The guns and ammo were stored in the trailer I occupied with S.S., within a space we named the 'gun room',” he admitted in the agreement filed in the legal system.

Day stated he frequently used both the gun room and the firearms, and also instructed individuals on how to operate the guns correctly.

The bargain will result in charges dropped that relate to the accused making of threats to officials and FBI agents.

Based on legal files, the individual had been prohibited from possessing weapons and firearms because of his violent criminal history.

Day, who has served 24 months in custody, could receive a highest sentence of up to 15 years imprisonment in prison or a fine of $250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement stipulates he will be judged under the low end of the sentencing guidelines.