Pedro Argote, the man accused of fatally shooting Judge Andrew Wilkinson in the driveway of his Maryland home has been found dead in a heavily wooded area around Williamsport, Erik Ortiz, Marlene Lenthang and Aria Bendix report for NBC News. Argote had been on the run since the Oct. 19 shooting of Wilkinson, a circuit court judge who hours earlier had ruled against Argote in a child custody dispute involving his estranged wife. The day of the shooting, at a hearing at which Argote was not present, Wilkinson gave his estranged wife custody of their four children, ages 3 to 12, and banned Argote from contacting or visiting them. Police believe that the shooting was in response to the judge’s child custody decision.
