AD“He was shot through the heart,” Francis “Mac” Womack, North Brunswick’s mayor, told ABC News of Daniel Anderl. Womack, who is friends with Salas and her husband, told ABC he wasn’t aware of any specific threat against the judge. Salas, 51, was New Jersey’s first Hispanic woman to serve as a U.S. district judge. AD“I know Judge Salas and her husband well and was proud to recommend her to President Obama for nomination to New Jersey’s federal bench,” Menendez said in a statement. “My prayers are with Judge Salas and her family, and that those responsible for this horrendous act are swiftly apprehended and brought to justice.”

Source: Washington Post July 20, 2020 03:39 UTC