KEW GARDENS, Queens (WABC) — Jury deliberations started Wednesday morning in the trial of Guy Rivera, charged with fatally shooting NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller in March 2024.
Judge Michael Aloise is allowing the jury to consider a conviction of aggravated manslaughter in the first degree.
Unlike the first-degree murder charge, the manslaughter count requires intent to cause someone serious injury that then results in death.
The first-degree murder charge carries a potential prison sentence of life without parole, while the manslaughter offense could carry 20 years to life.
Rivera is charged with the first degree murder of Diller, the attempted first-degree murder of his partner Sgt. Sasha Rosen, as well as various weapons possession charges.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Police say Rivera was in the passenger seat of a car when he pulled a gun and shot Diller through the window.
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