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An American citizen linked with the perpetrators behind the fatal Wieambilla, Australia shooting that took six lives – including two officers from Queensland – has accepted a watered-down plea agreement.

Arizona-based Donald Day Jr will appear in court on October 21 after finalizing the bargain with American authorities.

The convicted felon, known online as “Geronimo's Bones”, is anticipated to plead guilty to a sole offense of illegally owning guns and bullets in a deal to be sanctioned by the court in the current month.

Links to Aussie Gunmen

Authorities established direct links between Day and Gareth and Stacey Train through online posts.

This couple, along with Nathaniel Train, murdered Queensland police officers Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbor Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla, Queensland in 2022.

The Trains were fatally shot in a final shootout with police, following a extended standoff at the rural site.

American officials stated the accused corresponded via online platforms with the Trains during the period of the fatal attack.

Day referred to Queensland officers as “evil, corrupt, and wicked”, and declared they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, telling them he wanted to be at the scene in person.

Court documents outlined how Gareth and Stacey Train had posted an apocalyptic recording on YouTube after the incident, stating authorities “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.

Weapons Stockpile and Legal Proceedings

Legal records show the defendant stockpiled a collection of nine high-powered firearms and numerous bullets of ammunition at a country estate in Heber, Arizona, that was equipped with a shooting range, weapons room and sniper’s nest.

“The guns and ammo were stored in the trailer I occupied with S.S., within a space we named the 'gun room',” he admitted in the agreement submitted in the legal system.

He stated he regularly accessed both the gun room and the weapons, and also trained individuals on how to use the firearms properly.

The bargain will lead to charges dropped that relate to the accused making of threats to public figures and FBI agents.

Based on legal files, Day had been banned from possessing weapons and firearms because of his history of violent crimes.

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