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A 31-year-old NYPD cop was shot and killed by a career criminal during a
traffic stop in Queens on Monday evening in a �senseless act of violence,�
officials and law enforcement sources said.

Officer Jonathan Diller, a married father of a 1-year-old boy, was shot in
the stomach after police tried to remove the suspect, identified by
sources as 34-year-old Guy Rivera, from the passenger seat of the car near
19-19 Mott Ave. in Far Rockaway, according to the NYPD and sources.

Diller, who had three years on the force, fell to the ground and screamed
that he had been �hit� after the suspect opened fire, according to witness
Deon Peters.

�He was moving, he was saying, �I�m hit, I�m hit!� Giving location and all
that,� Peters said. �Like he was crying, like he was really crying.�

Diller was rushed in critical condition to Jamaica Hospital, where he was
later pronounced dead.

�Tonight this city lost a hero, a wife lost her husband, and a young child
lost their father,� NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban wrote on X. �We
struggle to find the words to express the tragedy of losing one of our
own. The work that Police Officer Jonathan Diller did each day to make
this city a safer place will NEVER be forgotten.

�Our prayers are with his family, loved ones, and brothers and sisters in
blue.�

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The tragic shooting unfolded around 5:50 p.m. after cops approached the
vehicle that was stopped in front of a bus stop.

Rivera �was asked to leave the car, he was given a lawful order numerous
times to step out of the car, he refused,� NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph
Kenny said during a press briefing.

�And when the officer took him out of the car, instead of stepping out of
the car, he shot our officer,� said Kenny.

What to know about the fatal shooting of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller:
Diller, 31, was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop in Far
Rockaway, Queens, on March 25, 2024.
Suspect Guy Rivera opened fire on Diller on Monday evening after the cop
approached the vehicle Rivera was in for parking in front of a bus stop.
Diller was shot once in the stomach below his bulletproof vest. The
married father of a 1-year-old boy was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where
he was later pronounced dead.
Rivera was wounded when Diller�s partner returned fire. The suspect has 21
prior arrests and was found to have a shiv stored in his rectum during the
shooting � in apparent anticipation of being sent to jail again.
Lindy Jones, the ex-con behind the wheel of the car during the shooting,
was also arrested after a second gun was found in his car.
Mayor Eric Adams has renewed his calls for Albany to address criminal
recidivism following the shooting involving two suspects with lengthy
criminal records.
Follow The Post�s complete coverage of fallen NYPD Officer Diller�s wake

The bullet hit Diller under his police vest, authorities said.

Even after Diller was shot, the Long Island resident heroically got the
gun away from the shooter when the weapon fell to the ground, according to
Kenny.

Diller�s partner returned gunfire and struck Rivera, who has 21 prior
arrests, in the back, sources said.

The suspect was also taken to Jamaica Hospital, where police said he was
in stable condition.

�We lost Jonathan tonight,� Mayor Eric Adams said during the solemn press
conference at Jamaica Hospital.

�I can�t not say it any clearer: It is the good guys against the bad guys
and these bad guys are violent,� he added, calling the fatal shooting a
�senseless act of violence.�

Both Rivera and the driver of the car, identified by sources as 41-year-
old Lindy Jones, had criminal backgrounds, according to records and
sources.

Rivera was last released from a New York prison in 2021 after serving five
years behind bars for criminal possession of a controlled substance,
according to state records. His parole in that case ended last year.

The accused shooter also served another stint in prison starting in 2011
over a first-degree assault charge before he was released in 2014, records
show.

Meanwhile, officials said Monday night Jones was arrested on gun charges
last April, but was out on the street. Records show he was out on $75,000
bail on that case and due back in court on Monday.

He was arrested in the same police precinct where the shooting took place
on April 17, 2023, after he allegedly was found with a loaded firearm,
according to sources.

He was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and
other related charges, sources said.

�This is what you call not a crime problem, but a recidivist problem,�
Adams said of the April 2023 arrest of Jones. �Same bad people doing bad
things to good people.�

Jones, who has 14 prior arrests, was convicted of attempted murder and
robbery in 2003, according to records. He served 10 years in prison and
was released in 2013.

How Post Readers Can Help
You can help Officer Jonathan Diller�s 1-year-old son via the Silver
Shield Foundation, which will help fund his future education. Diller, 31,
was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Queens, leaving behind his
wife, Stephanie, and baby Ryan.

The Silver Shield Foundation was launched in 1982 by late New York Yankees
owner George Steinbrenner for the families of NYPD officers and FDNY
firefighters who lose their lives in the line of duty

You can make a contribution at silvershieldfoundation.org/donate or send
it to: Silver Shield Foundation, 870 UN Plaza, 1st Floor, New York, NY
10017

No charges were announced against either Rivera or Jones late Monday.

Kenny said the pair both have associations with people in Queens, but the
connection between the two men was still being probed.

Following the shooting, police were rushing in from every direction, said
Peters, the witness.

�Never saw something like that before in my life,� he said. �Hopefully
don�t see it again.�

PBA president Patrick Hendry hailed Diller as a hero and slammed the
ongoing violence against police officers on city streets.

�Our hero police officer confronted this dangerous individual knowing that
he was putting himself at risk, knowing that he had a family waiting for
him at home,� Hendry said. �But he did it to protect the people of this
city and we need every single New Yorker to be with this family.�

Diller was a member of patrol borough Queens south�s community response
team.

�These attacks on New York City police officers have to end right now,�
the union chief also said. �We have a family upstairs right now that�s
devastated. We have police officers in this hallway who have lost a
brother. It has to end now.�

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