TUCSON, ARIZ. ? Convicted Washington-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tearfully confessed to police that he and John Allen Muhammad were responsible for the 2002 killing of a 60-year-old man on a golf course, Tucson authorities said Friday.

A contrite Malvo said he was sorry for the family of Jerry Taylor, said Detective Benjamin Jimenez of the Tucson Police Department.

“He welled up a few times in tears during the interview,” Jimenez said.

Malvo spoke to Tucson police for two hours Thursday in Maryland after he received immunity from prosecution, Tucson Capt. Bill Richards said. Malvo said the shooting took place while he and Muhammad were in the area visiting Muhammad’s older sister, Richards said.

Tucson police long had sought to speak with Malvo about the March 19, 2002, death of Taylor, 60, who died from a single gunshot fired from long range as he practiced chip shots at the golf course. The case had never been conclusively tied to Muhammad and Malvo.

Taylor’s daughter, Cheryll Witz, said Malvo’s confession brings closure for her and will allow her to move forward. She said she wrote Malvo a five-page letter in June imploring him to talk with Tucson detectives.

“I needed to know. I really need to forgive him. I do believe that he was brainwashed and I do truly believe that he was made to kill my father,” she said.