Judge Andrew Wilkinson was killed in an apparent shooting in the northern Maryland city of Hagerstown, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said.

Deputies responded to a report of a shooting around 8 p.m. and found Wilkinson in a residential driveway suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds, the sheriff’s office said.

The judge was taken to a medical facility where he later died, according to the sheriff’s office.

As the investigation unfolds, “Maryland State Troopers are being dispatched to protect other judges,” WJLA reported.

CNN has reached out to Maryland State Police for more information.

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    "A suspect is still on the loose after shooting to death a state judge at his home because the jurist hours earlier gave child custody to the man’s partner, a Maryland county sheriff said Friday. "

    Nothing to do with MAGA, everything to do with child custody.

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      Oh good and sucks to now asshole will never see thier kid. I understand the mans feelings I been fucked over by judge who wouldn’t follow the law but damn killing him doesn’t help.