EX-CON SLAY RAP
Charged in cop killing
The ex-con accused of gunning down an NYPD cop during a traffic stop this week was charged with murder and gun possession Thursday, officials said.
Guy Rivera, 34, who was wounded in the deadly exchange that killed Police Officer Jonathan Diller, was arraigned via video feed from the hospital on charges of murder of a police officer, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
Rivera was a passenger in a car idling at a bus stop around 5:50 p.m. when Diller approached and was shot in the stomach, police said. The driver of the vehicle, 41-yearold Lindy Jones, was also arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon.
Shiv in his rectum
According to police sources, Diller and two other cops were questioning another man in an unrelated incident when they noticed Rivera walking “suspiciously” back to the car at a bus stop.
A sergeant at the scene began questioning the pair when Rivera allegedly opened fire, striking Diller under his bulletproof vest.
The officers returned fire, as Diller — already mortally wounded — reached out and grabbed the gun from Rivera, the sources said. Diller was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Both of the arrested men have long criminal records and have served stints in state prison, records show. Law-enforcement sources said the two were believed to have been planning a robbery when Diller and other cops intervened.
Jones was later found to be concealing a shiv in his rectum.
The charges against Rivera come just hours before Diller, a 31-year-old married dad, was mourned at a wake in Massapequa that was attended by former President Donald Trump.