NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- The man accused of fatally shooting NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller in Queens this week was charged with murder on Thursday, police said.
Guy Rivera, 34, was hit with a first-degree murder charge--as well as intent to murder, attempted murder, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon--in Monday's fatal shooting during a traffic stop in Far Rockaway.
Rivera was shot in the back by Diller's partner and remains hospitalized.
He was charged a day after the alleged driver of the car, Lindy Jones, 41, was charged with criminal possession of a loaded weapon and defacing a firearm serial number.
According to police, Jones was in the driver seat of a 2016 Kia Soul and Rivera was in the passenger seat when Diller and his partner stopped the pair because they were illegally parked at a bus stop around 6 p.m.
When the two officers tried to get the men to exit the car, Rivera allegedly pointed a gun at the cops and shot Diller beneath his bulletproof vest.
The gun Jones was charged for is reportedly a second gun and not the same gun Rivera allegedly used in the shooting.
Jones told police he does not know Rivera and that Rivera was a hitchhiker.
Diller—a 31-year-old married father from Massapequa Park who had been with the NYPD for three years—was critically injured and died at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
His wake is being held Thursday on Long Island. Former President Donald Trump is expected to attend, ahead of Diller's funeral on Saturday.