Maryland police find vehicle linked to suspect in fatal shooting of judge

Police have found the vehicle of the suspect who allegedly shot and killed a Maryland judge Thursday.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office announced they discovered Pedro Argote's silver Mercedes in the area of Williamsport, Maryland.

Williamsport is about 8 miles away from where Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52, was shot at his home in the northern Maryland city of Hagerstown.

Law enforcement officials are still searching for the shooter and asked "the public to be vigilant" and on the lookout for Argote. Police described him as a 49-year-old man, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Washington County sheriff Brian Albert described the killing as a "targeted attack" against Wilkinson and said Argote should be considered "armed and dangerous."

Argote allegedly fatally shot Wilkinson just hours after the judge ruled against him in a child custody case, authorities said Friday.

Wilkinson, a county circuit court judge, was in his own driveway - with his wife and son at home - when he was shot, Albert said. He was found around 8 p.m. and taken to a medical facility where he died, the sheriff's office said.