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A US man linked with the perpetrators behind the fatal Wieambilla shooting that took six lives – including two Queensland police officers – has accepted a less severe plea agreement.

Arizona-based Donald Day Jr will appear in court on October 21 after finalizing the plea deal with US prosecutors.

The individual with prior convictions, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to plead guilty to a single charge of unlawfully possessing guns and bullets in a deal to be approved by the judiciary in the current month.

Links to Australian Shooters

Authorities confirmed clear connections between the defendant and the Train couple through online posts.

The Trains, along with Gareth’s brother Nathaniel, murdered Queensland police officers Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a remote property 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 stated Day corresponded via social media with the perpetrators during the period of the deadly ambush.

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

Court documents detailed how Gareth and Stacey Train had uploaded an end-times recording on the video platform 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 Court Case

Legal records reveal Day stockpiled a cache of nine high-powered firearms and numerous bullets of ammunition at a rural property in Heber, AZ, that was equipped with a gun range, gun room and sniper hide.

“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 filed in the legal system.

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

The plea deal will lead to dismissed counts that pertain to the alleged making of threats to public figures and federal agents.

Based on court documents, the individual had been prohibited from possessing guns and arms because of his history of violent crimes.

The defendant, who has served two years in custody, could receive a highest sentence of up to 15 years in prison or a penalty of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement specifies he will be judged under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.