A $10,000 reward is now being offered for information that leads to the arrest of a man accused of fatally shooting a Maryland judge in a “targeted attack” outside his home.

The U.S. Marshals Service said Friday that it is seeking the public’s help in finding Pedro Argote, 49, who is wanted in connection with the killing of Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson. The shooting occurred hours after the judge gave the Argote’s estranged wife custody of their four minor children, according to officials.

Argote has ties to multiple areas outside of Maryland including Brooklyn and Long Island, New York; Columbus, Indiana; and Tampa and Clearwater, Florida, the Marshals Service said in a news release. He also has connections to unknown locations in North Carolina.

Argote should be considered armed and dangerous. He may be driving a silver 2009 Mercedes GL 450, authorities said.

Wilkinson was the judge overseeing Argote’s divorce case, filed in June 2022. On Thursday morning, hours before the shooting, he had presided over a hearing in the case and granted Argote’s wife an absolute divorce from him as well as sole legal custody of their four children, ages 12, 11, 5, and 3.

  • stopthatgirl7
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    378 months ago

    The U.S. Marshals Service said Friday that it is seeking the public’s help in finding Pedro Argote, 49, who is wanted in connection with the killing of Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson. The shooting occurred hours after the judge gave the Argote’s estranged wife custody of their four minor children, according to officials.

    So the judge 100% made the right call in that custody case.

  • @fragnoli
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    Well I guess that proves he wasn’t together enough to have custody.

  • TWeaK
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    118 months ago

    Argote did not attend the hearing.

    FFS, at first I thought maybe he was just hanging on his last tether. Instead, he’s just a self-centred prick.

    • ivanafterall
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      48 months ago

      All of the worst parts of West Virginia meet all of the worst parts of Baltimore.