Jonathan Diller, an NYPD officer, was shot and killed during a traffic check on Monday.
Diller, a 31-year-old married father of one living in Massapequa Park, was allegedly shot in the torso and murdered by Guy Rivera, a passenger in a car belonging to one Lindy Jones.
According to police, Rivera fired one shot and killed Diller while sitting in the passenger seat of a Kia after the two got into a tug-of-war over the suspect’s vehicle door during a traffic stop.
Lindy Jones, the driver implicated in the deadly shooting of the NYPD officer, was arraigned on felony firearms charges on Wednesday, while the suspected shooter remained hospitalized awaiting prosecution, officials said.
Jones, 31, was charged with second and third-degree unlawful possession of a firearm after police discovered a loaded and defaced 9 mm pistol during a check of the car he was driving, according to police documents. Judge Maria Gonzalez of Queens Criminal Court ordered Jones to be jailed without bail.
Guy Rivera, 34, the suspected shooter, is still hospitalized and in police custody, according to officials. Police found the pistol Rivera allegedly used to kill NYPD Officer Jonathan E. Diller shortly after the incident on Monday.