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An American citizen linked with the perpetrators behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia shooting that claimed six lives – including two Queensland police officers – has accepted a watered-down plea deal.

Arizona-based Donald Day Jr. will face court on October 21 after striking the plea deal with US prosecutors.

The individual with prior convictions, known online as “Geronimo's Bones”, is expected to plead guilty to a sole charge of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition in a arrangement to be sanctioned by the judiciary this month.

Connections to Aussie Gunmen

Investigators established direct links between Day and Gareth and Stacey Train through online posts.

The Trains, along with Gareth’s brother Nathaniel, murdered officers from Queensland Arnold and McCrow, and neighbor Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla in 2022.

They were killed in a gun battle with law enforcement, following a extended standoff at the rural site.

US prosecutors said the accused corresponded via social media with the Trains during the period of the deadly ambush.

He described Queensland police as “evil, corrupt, and wicked”, and said they should be shown “no mercy whatsoever”, informing them he wanted to be at Wieambilla physically.

Court documents detailed how Gareth and Stacey Train had uploaded an end-times recording on YouTube after the shootings, saying police “came to kill us and we killed them”.

“Failing to stand against these evil forces makes one a coward … We will meet you at home, Don. With love,” the Trains expressed.

Weapons Stockpile and Legal Proceedings

Court documents show the defendant accumulated a cache of nine high-powered firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammo at a rural property in Heber, AZ, that was outfitted 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 said in the agreement submitted in the legal system.

He said he frequently used both the weapons storage and the firearms, and also trained others on how to operate the guns properly.

The plea deal will result in charges dropped that pertain to the alleged issuing threats to public figures and federal agents.

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

The defendant, who has completed 24 months in detention, faces a highest sentence of up to 15 years imprisonment in prison or a fine of $250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement specifies he will be judged under the minimum range of the sentencing guidelines.