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An American citizen associated with the culprits behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia attack that took six lives – including two officers from Queensland – has accepted a less severe plea agreement.

Arizona-based Donald Day Jr will face court on October 21 after striking the bargain with American authorities.

The individual with prior convictions, known online as “Geronimo's Bones”, is anticipated to plead guilty to a sole offense of unlawfully possessing guns and bullets in a deal to be approved by the judiciary this month.

Connections to Australian Shooters

Investigators confirmed direct links between the defendant and the Train couple through digital communications.

This couple, along with Gareth’s brother Nathaniel, murdered Queensland police officers Matthew Arnold and Rachel 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 extended standoff at the rural site.

American officials said the accused corresponded via social media with the perpetrators during the period of the fatal attack.

Day referred to Queensland police as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and said they should be shown “no mercy whatsoever”, informing them he wanted to be at the scene in person.

Court documents outlined how the couple had uploaded an end-times video on the video platform after the incident, stating police “attempted to kill us, and we retaliated”.

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

Firearms Cache and Legal Proceedings

Court documents show Day accumulated a cache of multiple powerful guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at a country estate in Heber, AZ, that was outfitted with a shooting range, weapons 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’,” he said in the plea deal filed in the legal system.

Day stated he regularly accessed both the gun room and the firearms, and also instructed individuals on how to operate the guns properly.

The plea deal will result in dismissed counts that relate to the accused making of threats to officials and federal agents.

Based on legal files, the individual had been prohibited from owning guns and arms because of his violent criminal history.

Day, who has completed two years in custody, could receive a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in jail or a penalty of $250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement specifies he will be sentenced under the minimum range of the legal sentencing standards.