Report: Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Targeted By Gunman Who Killed Federal Judge’s Son

U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas said the shooter who killed her son and wounded her husband in a 2020 attack meant for her was also targeting Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, according to a “60 Minutes” report set to air Sunday. ... [+]Salas said the FBI found a file on Sotomayor, alongside a gun and ammunition, in a locker used by Roy Den Hollander, an “” lawyer who died by suicide after attacking Salas’ husband and son at their family home.

"They found another gun, a Glock, more ammunition,” Salas said, “but the most troubling thing they found was a manila folder with a workup on Justice Sonia Sotomayor." "Who knows what could have happened,” added Salas, who has been campaigning for new legislation to prevent identifiable information on justices from being published online.In July 2020, Roy Den Hollander showed up at Judge Salas’ New Jersey home disguised as a delivery worker andfire, killing her 20-year-old son, Daniel Anderl, and seriously wounding her husband, Mark Anderl. Salas, who was in the basement at the time, was unharmed.

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