The suspect in the fatal shooting of a federal judge’s son in New Jersey has been found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The FBI identified the killer as Roy Den Hollander, a self-described anti-feminist lawyer. He filed numerous lawsuits alleging that women get special treatment, and worked to make “ladies’ nights” at bars illegal, as well as ban women’s studies at colleges. Den Hollander appeared before Judge Salas in a case that argued the military draft is unconstitutional because it bars women from registering.
In a self-published 1,700-page book, Den Hollander directly attacked Judge Esther Salas, calling her “a lazy and incompetent Latina judge appointed by Obama.” Salas became the first Latina federal judge in New Jersey in 2011. Den Hollander was also a fervent Trump supporter and identified himself as a Trump volunteer in his writings. Den Hollander appeared to die from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, according to some reports.
Daniel Anderl, Judge Salas’s son, was a student at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and planned to pursue a legal career, following in his parents’ footsteps. Salas’s husband, Mark Anderl, who was injured in the shooting, is a criminal defense attorney.