Maryland State Police troopers have been “dispatched to protect other judges” after a circuit court judge was killed Thursday night, CNN affiliate WJLA reported.

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.