Manhunt Expands for Suspect in Murder of Maryland Judge

Police are widening their search for Pedro Argote, the man suspected of killing Maryland circuit court judge Andrew Wilkinson. The search has shifted away from Hagerstown, Maryland, after a silver Mercedes that Argote had been driving was found in Williamsport. Law enforcement authorities do not consider the community to be at risk, but state troopers have been placed around the homes of other judges in the area. Argote has ties to New York, Florida, Indiana, and North Carolina. The murder of Judge Wilkinson is the third targeted shooting of a state judge in the past three years, raising concerns about the attacks on the rule of law and public institutions.