Reply #12: MSNBC says they got thim

[krispos42]

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - A sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot Wednesday as he transported a convicted robber from jail to court. The inmate was later caught and authorities were investigating whether the attack was an ambush.

Officers took 40-year-old Michael Mazza into custody, Hollywood police spokesman Tony Rode said, according to NBC affiliate WTVJ.

<snip>

The Broward County deputy, 76-year-old Paul Rein, died at a hospital a short time later, Sheriff Al Lamberti said.

Mazza was alone in the van with the deputy as he was being taken to court in restraints for trial on charges of bank robbery and eluding police. Lamberti said Mazza, who was in handcuffs, may have had accomplices who ambushed Rein as they drove to the courthouse.

<more>

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21670577

Now, why does the sheriff have a 76-year-old deputy on duty!?!?! Isn't there a retirement age or something?