HOLLYWOOD, Florida (CNN) -- A man serving a life sentence for robbing a drugstore has confessed to overpowering and fatally shooting a deputy who was taking him to court Wednesday, authorities said. Michael Mazza, 40, was arrested outside a pawn shop in Hollywood, Florida, hours after the death of Broward County Deputy Paul Rein sparked a massive manhunt. It was the third shooting of a Broward County sheriff's deputy in four months, and the second fatality. The incident happened as Mazza was being taken to the second day of his trial in connection with the armed robbery of a Coral Springs bank, Sheriff Al Lamberti said.
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NEW: Deadly struggle "transpired within six minutes. That's all it took," sheriff says
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NEW: Suspect faces charges including first-degree murder and escape
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Incident happened as the deputy was transporting Michael Mazza to court
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Mazza was apprehended after a massive manhunt
Paul Rein
The struggle began when @placeholder apparently pulled the medical transport van over at an intersection.
Paul Rein
Although two shots were fired, @placeholder was shot only once, the bullet entering his upper chest and exiting his lower back, Lamberti told reporters.
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@placeholder, meanwhile, is believed to have hitchhiked his way down to Hollywood, about 20 miles away.
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As he was talking to the clerk, a television in the shop began broadcasting news about the deputy's shooting, and showed a picture of @placeholder, he said.
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He was on trial for robbery of the @placeholder bank.
Paul Rein
@placeholder's co-workers told reporters he was "in outstanding condition physically."
Paul Rein
Lamberti said @placeholder's wife spoke to her husband by cell phone just 10 minutes before he was shot.