News crews movie outdoors the house of Maryland Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson on Friday in Hagerstown, Md. Authorities say Wilkinson, who was shot to demise within the driveway of his house, had presided over the divorce case of the person now recognized as a suspect within the killing.

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News crews movie outdoors the house of Maryland Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson on Friday in Hagerstown, Md. Authorities say Wilkinson, who was shot to demise within the driveway of his house, had presided over the divorce case of the person now recognized as a suspect within the killing.

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The Washington County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement on Saturday saying it positioned the car final operated by the person suspected of fatally taking pictures Maryland Circuit Court decide Andrew Wilkinson.

The sheriff’s workplace stated the seek for 49-year-old murder suspect Pedro Manuel Argote, final seen working a 2009 silver Mercedes, continues.

Wilkinson was shot within the driveway of his Hagerstown, Md., house on Thursday night time. According to the sheriff’s workplace assertion, the 52-year-old decide was transported to Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, the place he later died of his accidents.

Earlier that day, Wilkinson awarded Argote’s spouse full authorized custody of the estranged couple’s 4 kids in divorce proceedings. The decide additionally ordered Argote to not contact them.

According to NPR member station WYPR in Baltimore, Argote didn’t attend the listening to. But authorities consider the suspect focused Wilkinson on account of the decide’s ruling.

Argote had no earlier prison document in Washington County, the station reported. Sheriff Brian Albert earlier instructed reporters that his deputies had been referred to as to Argote’s home twice in recent times for verbal home assaults, although no fees had been filed.

On Friday, the U.S. Marshals Service announced the launch of an interstate manhunt for Argote. It is providing as much as a $10,000 reward for data resulting in his arrest. “Argote has ties to multiple locations beyond the state of Maryland to include Brooklyn and Long Island, New York; Tampa and Clearwater, Florida; Columbus, Indiana; and unknown cities in North Carolina,” a Marshals Service assertion stated.

The suspect is described as being 5-foot-7-inches tall and 140 kilos in weight, with black hair and brown eyes.