A Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson was shot multiple times in the driveway of his Hagerstown, Maryland, home and later died from his injuries at a hospital.
Maryland authorities on Friday morning named Pedro Argote as a suspect in the fatal Thursday shooting of Washington County Circuit Court Assistant Judge Andrew Wilkinson. Wilkinson, 52, was found dead in his driveway on Olde Waterford Road Thursday evening with apparent gunshot wounds, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
Wilkinson had been an associate judge for the 4th Judicial Circuit since 2020, according to his profile on the Washington County website. He was born in Guam in 1971 and earned his degrees from the University of North Carolina and Emory University School of Law. The sheriff's office said deputies responded to a shooting in the 19100 block of Olde Waterford Road around 8 p.m. Thursday. The residence was identified as Wilkinson's home by The Associated Press.
The judge was pronounced dead at Meritus Medical Center. The sheriff's office is holding a press conference regarding the shooting later this morning.
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