Gunman Suspected Of Ambushing Judge's Family May Have Also Targeted Another Top Judge; Apparently Had Terminal Cancer
NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- Investigators confirmed Tuesday that a New Jersey federal judge was the intended target of a gunman's attack that left her husband injured and son dead.
The suspect, Roy Den Hollander, who later killed himself, was a self-proclaimed anti-feminist.
Authorities are now looking into whether he was planning to target another female judge.
Den Hollander wasn't shy about sharing his misogynistic views publicly, CBS2's Christina Fan reported.
"Girls should be making 69 cents an hour compared to a dollar for a guy," the 72-year-old said on one video.
On his website, Den Hollander described himself as a defender of men's rights, and had filed numerous unsuccessful lawsuits on the subject.
"Ladies night is violating a fundamental right," he said in one interview.
Authorities said the attorney, dressed as a FedEx delivery worker, was responsible for the ambush attack at Federal Judge Esther Salas' North Brunswick home on Sunday.
A worker on Tuesday installed new locks and a camera by the front door where the shooter entered before leaving the judge's 20-year-old son, Daniel Anderl, dead and her husband, Mark Anderl, injured.
Close family friend and North Brunswick Mayor Mac Womack said he remembers the call coming over the police scanner.
"I got a sinking feeling so I sent my friend Mark Anderl a text message. And I said, 'Mark, everything okay?' And Mark is the kind of guy that responds right away. And my heart just started sinking," Womack said.
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Den Hollander had written a series of racist and sexist remarks about Judge Salas and argued a case before her in 2015. He left the ongoing case last year, saying he was terminally ill with cancer.
There are questions whether his diagnosis and anti-feminist agenda fueled the shooting of Salas' family.
Authorities said Den Hollander was found dead of an apparent suicide in his car in upstate New York on Monday. They also found the address and a photo of New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore. They wouldn't say whether she was next on his list.
"When a person puts on a judge's robes and they accept the responsibility, we as a society put on them. They accept an awful lot of risks that people just don't appreciate," Womack said.
Neighbors who live in Den Hollander's apartment building in the East Village said he was a disgruntled man, who often threatened fellow tenants with frivolous lawsuits.
Barbara Wise said she was on the verge of moving out after he repeatedly complained about her making too much noise.
"He's been bugging me since I move in. It's threatening to me. I don't want to have to go to court," she said.
A law enforcement source said the shooting at Judge Salas' house may be linked to the murder of a prominent men's rights movement attorney in California. The victim was a member of the National Coalition For Men. Den Hollander was kicked out of the group, CBS2's Jessica Layton reported.
That attorney was shot earlier this month by a gunman also wearing a delivery man uniform, authorities said, adding the gun used in the shooting at Judge Salas' home was the same one Den Hollander used to take his own life. The weapon is now being tested to see if it's connected to the case in California.
