Jonathan Diller Wife - Who is Stephanie Diller?

Slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller was married to his wife Stephanie Diller with whom he had one child, a son.

Diller has become a figure of national import after he was shot and killed in a traffic stop gone wrong.

Jonathan and his partner had stopped a car parked illegally at a bus stop and ordered the occupants to get out when they opened fire on them both.

Diller was hit and was rushed to hospital but succumbed to his injuries.

In this article, we learn more about his family.

Who was Jonathan Diller wife Stephanie?

Stephanie Diller (née McCauley) is the surviving wife of deceased NYPD officer Jonathan Diller.

She is an alumnus of the Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale, New York, graduating in 2012.

Stephanie and Jonathan Diller got married in November 2019.

Photos from the wedding have surfaced on social media, showing Jonathan looking dapper in a black tuxedo as he walked down the aisle with his new bride.

She was pregnant by April 2022 and delivered a bouncy baby boy in January 2023.

Their son is just over one year old now and now heartbreakingly loses his father.

Jonathan Diller was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Monday, March 25th, 2024 by hardened criminals who refused to heed simple commands.

On Monday night, NYPD cops stood shoulder to shoulder Monday night as Diller’s body was taken out of Jamaica Hospital and transported to the morgue, then to a funeral home where thousands of cops are expected to pay final respects later in the week.

Diller’s brother-in-law, Jonathan McAuley, who is married to the slain cop’s sister, paid tribute to him whilst vowing to take care of his family.

“He was walked out honorably, to many tears and salutes,” Diller’s brother-in-law Jonathan McAuley, a fellow NYPD cop, posted on Facebook.

“What started out as an everyday car stop instantly became a moment where so many lives would be turned upside down.”

McAuley posted a picture of the baby son wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words, “My Daddy’s life matters.”

“There are no words to describe how devastated we are that you are gone,” McAuley wrote. “You were a good man and a great father whose shoes can never be filled. I swear to you that I will look after your son as if he were my own.”

He added: “To those of you out there in the streets, it can be so easy to become wrapped into the moment,” Diller’s brother-in-law wrote to fellow first responders.

“To think horrible events like this cant happen to you. To become focused on making that next arrest or racing to the action. Remember those who love you at those moments.”

McAuley is also a cop and married to Jonathan Diller’s sister.

Diller served as a groomsman at his sister’s wedding to McAuley in Long Island.

Neighbors had nothing but good thing to say about the slain officer.

“My son is a police officer in Nassau County, so it is very hard,” said neighbor Naomi Sanchez.

“I’m quite sure my son knows him and he usually knows police officers in this area.”

“It’s very unfair to the police officers who go out there every day to work and they end up giving up their life to protect us,” she said.

News like this hits her like a shockwave.

“Every day that my son goes to work I pray to God,” an emotional Sanchez said.

“He’s always in my prayers. You know they’re going out to work, but you don’t know when they’re coming home.”

Her husband James Bonilla reiterated their love and respect for police, especially in times of tragedy.

“I think of all cops as family. We’ve got the blue ribbon to show our support,” he said.

The shooting

Leaving behind the matter of the wife of Jonathan Diller for a moment – let’s take a look at how he died.

Diller, a member of the NYPD’s Queens South Community Response Team, was patrolling Far Rockaway with his partner when they saw a Kia SUV idling in a bus stop on Mott Ave. near Smith Place just before 5:50 p.m. Monday.

The cops asked Lindy Jones, 41, and Guy Rivera, 34, to move the vehicle but they refused, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said.

Guy Rivera and Lindy Jones, NYPD shooting suspects — Guy Rivera

“[Rivera] was asked to leave the car,” Kenny said at a news conference at Jamaica Hospital, where Mayor Adams announced Diller’s death.

“He was given a lawful order numerous times to step out of the car and he refused. Instead of stepping out of the car he shot our officer.”

Diller, 31, was shot in the torso underneath his bullet-resistant vest. Despite the mortal wound he “still stayed in the fight,” Kenny said.

“[Diller] was trying to unarm the person that had just shot him as [Diller] was on the floor,” Kenny said.

“The gun hit the ground and as the perpetrator was still reaching for it this cop was able to grab it, although he was still shot.”

Diller’s partner shot Rivera once in the back.

Diller was rushed to Jamaica Hospital and into surgery but he couldn’t be saved.

Diller joined the NYPD three years ago.

According to the NY Daily News, his family at his Massapequa Park home were too grief stricken to speak to reporters Tuesday.

In regards to his funeral arrangements, his family will hold a visitation at the Massapequa Funeral Home for several hours Thursday and Friday.

The officer’s funeral is set for Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima R.C. Church, also in Massapequa, with a burial in Farmingdale afterward.

Meanwhile, the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund, also known as Answer the Call, will be providing the family with $50,000 to offset any immediate financial concerns.

The fund will also provide the family with a $10,000 yearly stipend.

Similarly, a Gofundme founded in the name of Jonathan Diller has raised almost $100,000, with all proceeds promised to his wife and son.

Massapequa

Jonathan Diller lived with his wife and son in Massapequa Park, New York.

Massapequa is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.

It is considered the anchor community of the Greater Massapequa area. The population of the CDP was 21,685 at the time of the 2010 census.

The Greater Massapequa area, which includes the nearby CDPs of North Massapequa and East Massapequa, as well as the incorporated village of Massapequa Park, has a combined population of over 75,000.

Massapequa Park is an incorporated village located within the southern portion of the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York.

The population was 17,008 at the 2010 census.

The areas south and east of the village borders are considered the hamlet of Massapequa because they are under the jurisdiction of the Town of Oyster Bay rather than the village.

The hamlet shares the same zip code, fire department and school district as the village.

The village located on the South Shore of Long Island shares the early Native American history of Massapequa.

Then in the 19th century, families of German descent relocated from Brooklyn to what is now Massapequa Park, and the community which was formed was known as Wurtenberg or Stadtwurtemburg.

The main attraction and center of activity was the Woodcastle Hotel, a rooming house built in 1868 on Front Street next to the fire department as a summer resort.

It was destroyed by fire in 1952 and replaced by houses.

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