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A US man linked with the perpetrators behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia shooting that claimed the lives of six individuals – including two Queensland police officers – has accepted a watered-down plea agreement.

Resident of Arizona Donald Day Jr will appear in court on 21 October after finalizing the bargain with US prosecutors.

The individual with prior convictions, known online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is anticipated to plead guilty to a single charge of illegally owning firearms and ammunition in a deal to be approved by the judiciary this month.

Links to Australian Shooters

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

The Trains, along with Nathaniel Train, killed officers from Queensland Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbor Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla in 2022.

The Trains were fatally shot in a final shootout with police, following a extended standoff at the regional property.

American officials stated the accused corresponded via online platforms with the perpetrators during the period of the fatal attack.

Day referred to Queensland officers as “evil, corrupt, and wicked”, and declared they should be shown “no mercy whatsoever”, informing the Trains he desired to be at the scene in person.

Legal filings outlined how Gareth and Stacey Train had posted an end-times video on the video platform after the incident, stating police “attempted to kill us, and we retaliated”.

“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 expressed.

Firearms Cache and Legal Proceedings

Court documents reveal Day accumulated a collection of multiple powerful guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo at a country estate in Heber, Arizona, that was equipped with a gun 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 admitted in the plea deal submitted in the legal system.

Day said he frequently used both the gun room and the firearms, and also trained individuals on how to use the guns properly.

The plea deal will result in charges dropped that relate to the accused issuing threats to public figures and FBI agents.

According to legal files, the individual had been banned from possessing guns and arms because of his history of violent crimes.

Day, who has completed 24 months in detention, faces a highest sentence of up to 15 years imprisonment in prison or a penalty of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement specifies he will be sentenced under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.