Heart-wrenching police bodycam footage captured the tragic final moments for hero NYPD cop Jonathan Diller, as his partner fought in vain to save the young dad.
“I’m shot, I’m shot,” Diller, 31, screams after being hit in the stomach during a confrontation in Far Rockaway with accused cop killer Guy Rivera on March 25, 2024, footage aired at Rivera’s murder trial Wednesday shows.
“Bro, bro where are you hit? Where you hit,” NYPD Sgt. Sasha Rosen responds while trying to wrestle the gun from Rivera, whose finger is seen still on the trigger in the footage.
Stephanie Diller, the widow of slain NYPD cop Jonathan Diller, hugs a fellow officer in Queens court. Stephen Yang for NY Post“Leg,” Diller responds.
“Get a tourniquet on that!” Rosen screams.
That’s when another cop at the scene realizes the wound is more serious.
“Dilly, Where you hit, bro?” the officer says. “Stomach! He’s shot in the. … No, no no!”
Guy Rivera is charged with killing Diller in a 2024 shooting in Queens. Dave Sanders
How The Post covered the 2024 shooting death of NYPD hero cop Jonathan Diller in Queens. New York PostRosen then checks the wound, which struck Diller beneath his bulletproof vest.
“Go, go go!” the sergeant says, as the wounded hero cop is loaded into an unmarked police car and rushed to the hospital, where he later died.
The unsettling video was presented by prosecutors on the second day of Rivera’s first-degree murder trial in Queens Supreme Court, which is taking place with the young cop’s widow, Stephanie Diller, sitting in the courtroom alongside dozens of New York’s Finest.
The grief-stricken widow left the courtroom before the bodycam footage aired, while several cops in the gallery broke down in tears watching it.
NYPD widow Stephanie Diller arrives in Queens court for the trial of her husband’s accused killer. Stephen Yang for NY Post
Slain cop Jonathan Diller’s sister and mom outside the murder trial of accused cop killer Guy Rivera. Stephen Yang for NY Post
NYPD PBA President Patrick Hendry speaks to reporters during the trial of accused cop killer Guy Rivera. Stephen Yang for NY PostThe judge told the Queens DA they could release the bodycam footage to the public, but the DA’s office has no plans to do so.
Rivera and co-defendant Lindy Jones, who is awaiting trial on felony gun charges, were parked in a Kia Soul when Diller and Rosen approached the suspicious vehicle.
Prosecutors said Rivera grabbed a gun, shooting Diller — halting fire only when the gun jammed.
In court Wednesday, Rivera’s lawyer, Jamal Johnson, asked the judge to caution the jury.
“Your honor, I saw a bunch of tears in the audience,” Johnson said. “There were people crying in the audience. Could you instruct [them] when they return that sympathy plays no role?”
The judge agreed — but the move incensed the city’s police union.
Jonathan, Stephanie and their son. facebook/jonnymac“His motion was that he doesn’t want the jury to feel that emotion,” NYPD PBA President Patrick Hendry said. “Well, that’s what happened. His family lost their son, their husband.
“These police officers lost their co-worker. There is emotion.”
Stephanie Diller, who was left to care for the couple’s 1-year-old son on her own, delivered a moving eulogy at her husband’s funeral at St. Rose of Lima Church on Long Island and was later invited to attend President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress.
