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

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

The convicted felon, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to admit guilt to a sole offense of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition in a deal to be sanctioned by the judiciary this month.

Links to Australian Shooters

Investigators established clear connections between Day and Gareth and Stacey Train through digital communications.

This couple, along with Nathaniel Train, killed officers from Queensland Arnold and McCrow, and neighbor Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla, Queensland in 2022.

They were fatally shot in a final shootout with police, following a protracted siege at the rural site.

American officials said Day communicated via social media with the Trains around the time of the deadly ambush.

He described Queensland officers as “evil, corrupt, and wicked”, and declared they should be shown “no mercy whatsoever”, telling them he desired to be at the scene in person.

Court documents outlined how Gareth and Stacey Train had uploaded an end-times video on YouTube after the shootings, stating authorities “attempted to kill us, and we retaliated”.

“Failing to stand against these evil forces makes one a coward … we’ll see you at home, Don. Love you,” the Trains said.

Firearms Cache and Legal Proceedings

Legal records reveal Day stockpiled a cache of nine high-powered firearms and numerous bullets of ammo at a rural property in Heber, Arizona, that was outfitted with a shooting range, weapons 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',” Day admitted in the plea deal filed in court.

Day said he regularly accessed both the gun room and the weapons, and also instructed individuals on how to use the guns properly.

The plea deal will lead to dismissed counts that relate to the alleged issuing threats to officials and FBI agents.

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

Day, who has completed 24 months in custody, faces a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in jail or a fine of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the plea deal stipulates he will be judged under the low end of the sentencing guidelines.