Federal judge's son, 20, is shot dead and her criminal defense attorney husband is critically injured after a gunman disguised as a FedEx driver ambushed their home - four days after she was assigned a case linked to Jeffrey Epstein
A man dressed as a FedEx driver opened fire at the home of judge Esther Salas
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The attack happened in North Brunswick, New Jersey, on Sunday night. Daniel Anderl, the judge's 20-year-old son, was killed. Her husband Mark Anderl, 63, is reportedly in a critical condition in hospital.
Judge Salas is believed to have been in the basement during the shooting
Last week, the judge was assigned a case involving links to Jeffrey Epstein
PUBLISHED: 22:08 EDT, 19 July 2020 | UPDATED: 02:16 EDT, 20 July 2020
The son of a federal judge has been shot dead and her husband critically wounded after they were attacked at their home by a gunman dressed as a FedEx driver.
The attack happened at the home of Esther Salas, 51, an Obama-appointed District Court judge, in North Brunswick, New Jersey, on Sunday evening.
The judge's 20-year-old son Daniel Anderl was killed, and her defense attorney husband Mark Anderl, 63, was critically injured.
The shooting came days after the judge was assigned a case with links to Jefferey Epstein, although there is not yet any suggestion that the attack is linked her work.
The attack began at around 5pm when Mark Anderl answered the front door to the family home. He was shot several times.
Daniel, a student at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., then went to investigate the commotion and was fatally shot.
The perpetrator, believed to be a lone gunman, then fled the scene and is not yet in custody,
The attack happened at the home of Esther Salas, 51, an Obama-appointed District Court judge
Mark Anderl, 63, is reportedly in a critical condition in hospital after being shot several times
The judge and her family were the targets of an assassination attempt on Sunday evening at their home in North Brunswick Township, New Jersey
The FBI, U.S. Marshals, New Jersey State Police along with the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General have all been on the scene of the shooting throughout Sunday evening
FBI agents at the home of Esther Salas, 51, an Obama-appointed District Court judge, in North Brunswick, New Jersey, whose son was killed and husband was shot by an unknown shooter
The U.S. Marshals have also been called to provide the judge with a security detail, according to a law enforcement official
Francis 'Mac' Womack, the mayor of North Brunswick, New Jersey, said that Daniel was 'shot through the heart'.
Mark is reportedly in critical but stable condition at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick.
Judge Salas is believed to have been in the basement of the home during the shooting and was unharmed in the attack, according to NBC New York.
One woman, who has lived in the neighborhood where the shooting took place told MyCentralJersey that police had knocked on her door asking she had any video footage of the area, but she was unable to help. Another neighbor was able to provide some surveillance footage of the street.
'They are still here, not just the police but the FBI, there are agents all over the place,' the woman told the news outlet. 'It's unbelievable what is going on.'
Another told how although she didn't hear any gunshots, she noticed when an ambulance showed up.
'We didn't know anything was going on, until a neighbor told us what happened. You don't expect anything like this around here. We all know our neighbors, we all greet each other and it's a quiet area.'
Crime scene tape could be seen stretching around the perimeter of the family home located in the Hiddlen Lake section of North Brunswick. The street had been closed off to traffic.
All manner of state and local law enforcement agencies were gathered outside the home on Sunday night
Crime scene tape could be seen stretching around the perimeter of the family home located in the Hiddlen Lake section of North Brunswick. The street has been closed off to traffic.
Last week, on July 15, the judge was assigned to a case that had links to late sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein.
The case Salas is presiding over involves as ongoing lawsuit brought by Deutsche Bank investors who claim the company made false and misleading statements about its anti-money laundering policies and failed to monitor 'high-risk' customers including convicted sex offender billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.