# The Salas attack True crime · Heat 1.5 / 10 · 2 shows · 1h 6m airtime On July 19, 2020, a gunman posing as a delivery driver attacked the New Jersey home of federal judge Esther Salas, killing her son Daniel and seriously wounding her husband Mark. The same legally purchased .380 was used to kill men's rights advocate Marc Angelucci eight days earlier and Roy Den Hollander himself, found dead in Rockland, New York, with dossiers on Salas and Angelucci in his car. Investigators cleared two defendants from a contentious Salas case by 3 a.m. via cell-site analysis and ruled out the Giudice case. The discussion now includes the family's response: Danny's Pantry, started in 2024 in Newark's federal courthouse, has six New Jersey locations, and people send pizzas to houses in the name of… Page: https://boilpoints.com/point/the_salas_attack_3097440383 ## Segments - [Dateline NBC](https://boilpoints.com/u/datelinenbc), 2026-09-08, 0:59 to 2:31: **Previews the shooting at the judge's home**. The episode's cold open previews the 2020 shooting at Judge Salas's New Jersey home - Danny killed, Mark shot in the abdomen - and the California murder later linked to it. A teaser that stays inside what the point already records. - [Dateline NBC](https://boilpoints.com/u/datelinenbc), 2026-09-08, 2:31 to 8:10: **Reconstructs the shooting minute by minute**. Reconstructs the July 19, 2020 shooting minute by minute with the deputy chief and the FBI agent who ran it: the neighbor's description of the masked man with a FedEx bag in a silver or blue Nissan Sentra, and Mark Anderl, intubated, tapping out the shooter's description on an alphabet board. - [Dateline NBC](https://boilpoints.com/u/datelinenbc), 2026-09-08, 8:10 to 15:42: **Reconstructs the first night and cleared leads**. Reconstructs the first night: the hospital vigil, the FBI's interviews with Daniel's friends, and the theories chased and cleared - the contentious-case defendants and the Giudice sentencing - before the San Bernardino call linked the Angelucci murder. New angle: Investigators cleared two defendants from a contentious Salas case by 3 a.m. via cell-site analysis, and ruled out the Giudice case. - [Dateline NBC](https://boilpoints.com/u/datelinenbc), 2026-09-08, 15:47 to 23:40: **Walks the first twenty-four hours of the probe**. Walks the first twenty-four hours of the investigation: the FBI's docket sweep, the Giudice fraud sentencing, the two six-foot-two suspects cleared by cell-site data, and the San Bernardino call about a shooting eight days earlier that opened the California lead. - [Dateline NBC](https://boilpoints.com/u/datelinenbc), 2026-09-08, 23:40 to 28:50: **Reconstructs the two-week spree minute by minute**. Reconstructs Denhollander's two-week spree minute by minute: Amtrak to California, days spent tracking Angelucci, the same .380 used on both men, then the rental car in Philly and cell-site placing him near the judge's home days before the attack. New angle: The same legally purchased .380 was used to kill Angelucci, Daniel Salas and Denhollander himself. - [Dateline NBC](https://boilpoints.com/u/datelinenbc), 2026-09-08, 34:03 to 38:53: **Adds the dossiers found in his car**. Adds the discovery scene: Den Hollander found dead in Rockland, New York, with dossiers on Salas and Angelucci in his car, a 1,500-page manifesto, and a terminal melanoma diagnosis. New angle: Den Hollander was found dead in Rockland, New York, with dossiers on Salas and Angelucci in his car. - [Dateline NBC](https://boilpoints.com/u/datelinenbc), 2026-09-08, 38:53 to 42:08: **Reconstructs the shooter's movements with the FBI**. Reconstructs Den Hollander's two-week movements with the FBI: an Amtrak trip to California, a rental car out of Philadelphia, cell-site placement near the Salas home, and the motive - he believed Salas was slow-walking his own draft lawsuit, which she had actually ruled on in his favor. - [Dateline NBC](https://boilpoints.com/u/datelinenbc), 2026-09-09, 1:29 to 13:16: **Discusses the Dateline episode on the Salas attack**. Andrea Canning discusses her Dateline episode on the 2020 attack on Judge Esther Salas's family, covering the shooting, the investigation linking the killer to Marc Angelucci's murder, and Salas's life and career. - [Dateline NBC](https://boilpoints.com/u/datelinenbc), 2026-09-09, 16:02 to 25:44: **Adds Danny's Pantry and the security advocacy**. Adds the aftermath beat: Salas's judicial-security advocacy and Danny's Pantry, which began in 2024 in the Newark federal courthouse and now runs six locations across New Jersey's three federal courthouses. The rest is viewer mail and reaction. New angle: Danny's Pantry started in 2024 in Newark's federal courthouse and now has six New Jersey locations. - [Dateline NBC](https://boilpoints.com/u/datelinenbc), 2026-09-09, 25:40 to 28:41: **Plays Salas on grief and parenting**. A brief clip of Judge Salas from a later After the Verdict conversation, reflecting on grief and parenting. It stays inside the emotional register the original coverage already established, adding no new fact about the attack or the investigation. - [Legal AF by MeidasTouch](https://boilpoints.com/u/legalafbymeidastouch), 2026-10-21, 7:23 to 9:31: **Adds the pizza deliveries sent as a threat**. Recalls Salas and Judge Beth Bloom on judicial security and plays a clip of Salas asking what the endgame of the tactics is. Adds that people now send pizzas to houses in her son's name as a threat. New angle: People send pizzas to houses in the name of Judge Salas's son as a threat. - [Legal AF by MeidasTouch](https://boilpoints.com/u/legalafbymeidastouch), 2026-10-21, 7:11 to 8:52: **Recalls the 2020 attack on Salas's family**. Recalls the Legal AF panel with Judges Bloom and Salas and retells the 2020 attack on Salas's family, using it as context for the threats against Judge Reyes. The pizza-warning detail is already on the record. - [Legal AF by MeidasTouch](https://boilpoints.com/u/legalafbymeidastouch), 2026-10-21, 8:49 to 10:38: **Plays Salas on mourning her son**. Plays a clip of Judge Salas at a Speak Up for Justice event, saying she would like to mourn her son in private and warning that the Justice Department and Todd Blanche will have blood on their hands if a judge or family member is killed. Reaction built on the Salas story already on the record.