Man Sentenced to 115 Years for Killing N.Y.P.D. Officer in Queens

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Man Sentenced to 115 Years for Killing N.Y.P.D. Officer in Queens

Guy Rivera faces the rest of his life in prison for fatally shooting Detective Jonathan Diller and attempting to kill his partner when they asked him to get out of his car.

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Guy Rivera was sentenced to 115 years in prison for the death of Detective Jonathan Diller.

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Miles G. Cohen

April 27, 2026,

2:33 p.m. ET

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A man was sentenced to 115 years in prison on Monday for the fatal shooting of a New York City police officer who had ordered him to step out of a car in Queens in 2024.

More than 200 people, mostly police officers, packed a courtroom in State Supreme Court in Queens to hear Justice Michael Aloise sentence Guy Rivera in the killing of Jonathan Diller, 31, who was promoted to the rank of detective after his death.

Detective Diller’s wife, Stephanie, read an emotional statement to the court before the sentencing, speaking of the pain and loss she and her young son were suffering.

“It took me five minutes to calculate these numbers,” Justice Aloise said. “It’s going to take you a lifetime to calculate the damage you did and the grief that you caused.”

A jury found Mr. Rivera, 36,

guilty

earlier this month on four charges, including aggravated manslaughter, in Detective Diller’s death, but acquitted him of the most serious charge, first-degree murder. The decision, after a three-week trial in Queens, stunned the dozens of police officers present when it was announced in the courtroom on April 1.

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