A man whose divorce case was before murdered judge is ID'd as a person of interest in the killing

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Court records show that the Maryland judge who was shot to death outside his home presided over divorce case of the man now identified as person of interest in the killing

October 20, 2023 at 6:16 am PDTIn this image made from a video provided by WJLA, a law enforcement vehicle is parked near the scene of a fatal shooting in Hagerstown, Md., Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. Andrew Wilkinson, a Maryland circuit court judge, was fatally shot in the driveway of his home Thursday night, police said. HAGERSTOWN, Md. — — .

Wilkinson, 52, was found with gunshot wounds around 8 p.m. Thursday, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Wilkinson was sworn in as a circuit court judge in 2020. The 1994 University of North Carolina graduate received his law degree from Emory University School of Law in 1997 and then became a circuit court law clerk in Washington County.

In Maryland, circuit courts in each county handle serious criminal and civil cases, including many that are appealed from the lower-level district courts, according to the state courts website.

 

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