Sheriff concludes search in Williamsport for suspect in Md. judge’s death

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Sheriff concludes search in Williamsport for suspect in Md. judge’s death
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Law enforcement authorities say they believe the suspect, Pedro Argote, has left the immediate area.

Officers with the Frederick County Sheriff's Department's SWAT team search for suspect Pedro Argote at the former Garden State Tannery plant in Williamsport, Md. on Saturday. Law enforcement authorities say they believe Argote is not in the immediate area.

Fast, informative and written just for locals. Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning.. Officials said the car was last operated by Pedro Manuel Argote, the suspect in the fatal shooting of Judge Andrew Wilkinson.Williamsport is about eight miles southwest from Hagerstown, where Argote, 49, is suspected of having shot Wilkinson in the driveway outside the judge’s house Thursday night. Wilkinson, 52, was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Earlier Thursday, the judge awarded custody of Argote’s four children to his estranged wife, Eugenia. The judge also ordered Argote to not contact his children. An interstate search for Argote began Friday, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Argote is described as 5-foot-7 and 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. A photograph of Argote released by the sheriff’s office shows the suspect wearing black framed glasses.

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