The ex-con who allegedly boasted “I shoot people” after a passenger in his car killed NYPD cop Jonathan Diller was arraigned Tuesday – as new details were revealed in the case.
Lindy Jones, 41, was ordered held without bail on multiple charges of criminal possession of a weapon in Queens criminal court related to the deadly March 25 standoff that saw Diller killed with a single gunshot to the stomach — with prosecutors now saying the murder weapon jammed during the clash.
Jones was sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked Kia Soul when cops approached and passenger Guy Rivera opened fire on officers.
The charges against Jones, whose street name is “Killa,” are related to a 9mm pistol found in the Kia and not the gun used to kill Diller, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office.
Jones faces up to 15 years behind bars if convicted on the current charges and an additional 15 years on a separate open weapons charge from April 2023, the DA said.