{"id":211337,"date":"2026-04-27T16:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/211337\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:30:09","slug":"man-who-fatally-shot-nypd-officer-in-queens-is-sentenced-to-115-years-to-life-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/211337\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who fatally shot NYPD officer in Queens is sentenced to 115 years to life in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (1010 WINS) &#8212; The man convicted of fatally shooting an NYPD officer in Far Rockaway in 2024 was handed a prison sentence of 115 years to life on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Guy Rivera will &#8220;never be free again to terrorize the streets of NYC,&#8221; Queens D.A. Melinda Katz said in a statement after the sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera, 36, was convicted on April 1 of aggravated manslaughter, but acquitted of first-degree murder, in the killing of NYPD Det. Jonathan Diller on March 25, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Rivera pulled out a concealed handgun and intentionally shot Diller during a routine police stop on Mott Avenue. Rivera \u201cchose to ignore multiple lawful commands and chose to shoot Detective Diller,\u201d  Katz said.<\/p>\n<p>But Rivera\u2019s lawyer argued the gun accidentally discharged as officers pulled the firearm from Rivera\u2019s pocket. <\/p>\n<p>Police said one of the officers spotted a suspicious object bulging from Rivera\u2019s hoodie as he and another man walked to a parked car and got in. Officers were questioning the driver when Rivera, who was in the passenger\u2019s seat, suddenly pulled out a gun and shot Diller.<\/p>\n<p>The bullet struck the officer below his bulletproof vest, mortally wounding him. Another officer then shot and wounded Rivera.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (1010 WINS) &#8212; The man convicted of fatally shooting an NYPD officer in Far Rockaway in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-211337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}