Overview
- Opening statements are scheduled Tuesday morning at the Queens Criminal Courthouse in Kew Gardens following jury selection last week.
- Guy Rivera has pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree murder in the March 2024 Far Rockaway traffic-stop shooting of Detective Jonathan Diller.
- Prosecutors say Rivera fired from the passenger seat, Diller’s partner returned fire and wounded him, and a second shot allegedly aimed at Sgt. Sasha Rosen jammed.
- Driver Lindy Jones faces separate weapons charges after a loaded 9 mm with a defaced serial number was found in the glove compartment, which prosecutors say was not the weapon used in the shooting.
- A large police presence is expected, including a Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association news conference outside the courthouse, and the trial is projected to last three to four weeks.