Federal Judge Esther Salas and her husband Mark Anderl
The son and husband of a New Jersey based federal Judge were shot by an unknown assailant last night.
The shooting occurred at the North Brunswick, N.J., home of Judge Esther Salas, a source told The Associated Press. The AP report, citing the state’s chief district judge, said the son, 20, was killed. NJ.com reported that the shooting occurred at about 5 p.m.
Daniel Anderl, a college student, was the judge’s only child, the AP reported. Salas’ husband Mark Anderl, 63, a defense attorney was injured. Salas was in a different part of the house and is uninjured.
The gunman posed as a delivery driver for FedEx, two sources told NJ.com. The report said that Salas, 51, was the first Hispanic female appointed to the U.S. District Court in New Jersey.
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Salas has heard some high-profile cases in her tenure as a federal judge, including the case of reality TV star Teresa Guidice, and was recently assigned a case involving Deutsche Bank. That case indirectly touches on convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The FBI, US Marshall’s service, ATF, and state and local agencies are all investigating.