(PITTSVILLE, MD) – Maryland State Police have arrested and charged a man wanted in the murder of a Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office deputy on Sunday evening.
The suspect, Austin Jacob Allen Davidson, 20, of Delmar, Maryland, is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and the use of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime. He is being held without bond at the Wicomico County Detention Center.
Shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Wicomico County Sheriff’s Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard located Davidson in the area of the Talbot Street Apartments in the 7400 block of Gumboro Road in Pittsville, Maryland. Davidson was wanted for four outstanding arrest warrants.
According to a preliminary investigation, a brief foot pursuit occurred and Davidson shot Deputy First Class Hilliard with a handgun before fleeing the scene. Deputy First Class Hilliard, 42, was transported by ambulance to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital in Salisbury, Maryland, where he was declared deceased.
Following an extensive manhunt, involving local, state and federal agencies, Davidson surrendered to law enforcement without incident about two hours after the shooting. Those who assisted in the search for the suspect included Maryland State Police, Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office, Talbot County Sheriff’s Office, Caroline County Sheriff’s Office, Fruitland Police, Salisbury Police, Berlin Police, Princess Anne Police, Ocean City Police, Ocean Pines Police, Pocomoke City Police, Maryland Natural Resources Police, Delaware State Police, the ATF, DEA and the U.S. Marshal’s. Other agencies that offered support included Wicomico County Emergency Management, Pittsville Fire and EMS Department and the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration.
The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit will be leading the investigation with assistance from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office.
The case remains under investigation…
Austin Jacob Allen Davidson
Hopefully he’ll get let loose again so someone can give him the justice he really deserves.
We better not hear that SU nut, Michael O’Loughlin, pushing for more gun control after this. The Wicomico Republican Central Committee should get off their butts and picket outside his home just like the Dems are doing to Justice Kavanaugh.
The judge that let him off in Baltimore should be charged also
How about Mosby, don’t forget that POS
MELISSA M. PHINN, Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, since January 18, 2013.
Looking at the case files, I believe this is the one responsible for letting that piece of sh*t loose.
the judge that let him off should never hear another case
I understand the brother hood but if this had been your average Joe you might have gotten sheriff’s dept and MSP and that’s it
Maryland Won’t do anything to him (just kiss his ass) !!! No Death Penalty Enforced !!! That’s the Problem !!!
He just another Teardrop tatto coming to show off in jail !!!
Prison. Forever. Then forget him.
When will they charge the DA and Judge that let him off Armed Robbery with PBJ?
He should be burned at the stake.
Soon to be a lifer and on our dime.
Agree to the above – let him lose so others can provide justice!
Barely 20 years old with a steady history of bad acting since 17. Nobody saw this coming?
Publicly turn him out and let the people of Wicomico County dole out his punishment. That way we won’t have to feed him, tend to his medical needs, house him and letting him breathe up our oxygen for the nest 60 or 70 years, or however long the coward sticks around.
Wicomico Libtards:
You whining for more gun control won’t work. Thanks to Sheriff Mike Lewis, this is a Second Amendment Sanctuary County, and he runs things.,