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An American citizen associated with the perpetrators behind the fatal Wieambilla, Australia attack that took the lives of six individuals – including two officers from Queensland – has accepted a watered-down plea deal.

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

The individual with prior convictions, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to plead guilty to a sole offense of illegally owning firearms and ammunition in a deal to be approved by the court in the current month.

Links to Australian Shooters

Authorities confirmed clear connections between the defendant and Gareth and Stacey Train through digital communications.

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

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

US prosecutors stated the accused communicated via social media with the perpetrators during the period of the fatal attack.

He described Queensland police as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and declared they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, informing them he desired to be at Wieambilla physically.

Court documents outlined how the couple had posted an apocalyptic recording on the video platform after the shootings, stating authorities “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,” they said.

Weapons Stockpile and Court Case

Court documents reveal Day stockpiled a cache of multiple powerful guns and numerous bullets of ammunition at a rural property in Heber, AZ, that was equipped with a shooting range, weapons room and sniper’s nest.

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

Day stated he regularly accessed both the weapons storage and the firearms, and also instructed individuals on how to operate the firearms correctly.

The bargain will result in dismissed counts that relate to the alleged issuing threats to officials and FBI agents.

Based on court documents, Day had been banned 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 prison or a penalty of $250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement stipulates he will be judged under the low end of the sentencing guidelines.