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Naveed Haq gets life for Jewish Federation shooting
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Jan 14, 2010 at 3:52 PM PST
A King County Superior Court judge on Thursday sentenced Naveed Haq to life in prison without release for a shooting rampage at the Seattle Jewish Federation office that wounded five and killed Pam Waechter, who spent years at Bellevue's Temple B'nai Torah. The life sentence was the only option...more after a jury rejected Haq's insanity claims last month and convicted him for the 2006 shootings. Haq listened quietly to his sentencing in the courtroom, dressed in a red prison jumpsuit with his head shaved, flanked by his attorneys. Behind Haq, rows of spectators, witnesses and victims' family members sat listening to the proceedings. Judge Paris Kallas heard emotional testimony from shooting victims, including Pam Waechter's daughter Nicole. Nicole spoke of her mother's love and care and told the judge her mother would have wanted her friends and family to move on and keep laughing. Another victim, Cheryl Stumbo, directed her remarks toward Haq, who was found guilty in December on aggravated
Bellevue

"I'm glad he said he was sorry...he should be sorry"
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Jan 14, 2010 at 3:46 PM PST
Family members of victims and victims of the shooting rampage at the Seattle Jewish Federation office spoke of their relief after the shooter - Naveed Haq - was sentenced to life in prison without release. To their surprise, Haq spoke, apologizing for his actions and appealing for forgiveness: A...more King County Superior Court judge handed down the sentence on Thursday for the crime that killed one woman and wounded five others:
Downtown Seattle

Naveed Haq gets life for Jewish Federation shooting
Jan 14, 2010 at 11:17 AM PST
A King County Superior Court judge on Thursday sentenced Naveed Haq to life in prison without release for a shooting rampage at the Seattle Jewish Federation office that killed one woman and wounded five others.The life sentence was the only option after a jury rejected Haq's insanity claims last...more month and convicted him for the 2006 shootings.Haq listened quietly to his sentencing in the courtroom, dressed in a red prison jumpsuit with his head shaved, flanked by his attorneys.Behind Haq, rows of spectators, witnesses and victims' family members sat listening to the proceedings.Judge Paris Kallas heard emotional testimony from shooting victims, including Nicole Waechter, whose mother, Pam Waechter, was killed in the 2006 shooting. Nicole spoke of her mother's love and care and told the judge her mother would have wanted her friends and family to move on and keep laughing.Another victim, Cheryl Stumbo, directed her remarks toward Haq, who was found guilty in December on aggravated
Downtown Seattle

Haq convicted in Jewish Federation shooting
Dec 15, 2009 at 10:06 AM PST
The man who opened fire inside the downtown Jewish Federation was found guilty Monday morning in his second trial. After deliberating for three days following the end of the trial last week, a King County jury found Naveed Haq guilty of murder, five counts of attempted murder, unlawful...more imprisonmentand malicious harassment. Haq, 34, had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the July 2006 shootings, in which Pam Waechter, the federation's 58-year-old campaign director, was killed. Five employees - Cheryl Stumbo, Carol Goldman, Dayna Klein, Christina Rexroad and Layla Bush - were wounded. Haq's first trial ended last year with jurors deadlocked on whether he was legally insane during the shooting spree on July 28, 2006. In the second trial, jurors had to decide whether Haq should be convicted and go to prison - or found not guilty by reason of insanity and go to a mental hospital. This time, prosecutors reduced the number of charges and a judge allowed them to play recordings of
Downtown Seattle

Accused killer: 'I got the Jews ... now I'm going to heaven'
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Dec 10, 2009 at 4:55 PM PST
The man charged with shooting up the Jewish Federation in Seattle three years ago is awaiting the decision of a jury - again. And in this second trial, jurors have new evidence to consider, including recorded phone conversations between Haq and his mother.

Victims relive terror at Haq's retrial
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Oct 22, 2009 at 6:39 PM PST
In the second day of the retrial of Naveed Haq, jurors were hit with disturbing testimony from the survivors who described the harrowing scene of July 28, 2006 when Haq hunted them down, room by room, inside the Seattle Jewish center.

Prosecutor: Anger, not illness prompted shooting
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Oct 21, 2009 at 10:18 AM PST
A second trial is under way to determine whether a mentally ill man who stormed a Seattle Jewish center in 2006, killing one woman and wounding five others, was legally insane at the time.

Prosecutor: Anger, not illness prompted Jewish center shooting
Oct 21, 2009 at 12:56 PM PST
A second trial began Wednesday to determine whether a mentally ill man who stormed a downtown Jewish center in 2006, killing one woman and wounding five others as he railed against Israel and U.S. foreign policy, was legally insane at the time. Naveed Haq's first trial ended last year with jurors deadlocked on that question.
Downtown Seattle

Judge: Haq phone calls to parents fair game
Jun 11, 2009 at 6:29 PM PST
On Thursday a King County judge upheld an earlier ruling, allowing jailhouse phone calls to made by Naveed Haq to his parents as evidence. The state Supreme Court recently ruled that inmates' phone calls aren't private likely.

The law's threshold for the mentally ill examined
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Sep 3, 2008 at 7:45 PM PST
Isaac Zamora's mother said she has tried to have her son involuntarily committed in the past to no avail. The laws protecting individuals' rights make it extremely difficult to lockup the mentally ill, and this protection has had deadly consequences in the past.

Prosecutors: Haq phone calls to parents fair game
Jul 16, 2008 at 7:07 AM PST
A recent Washington Supreme Court ruling that inmates' phone calls aren't private likely means jurors in the second trial of Naveed Haq will hear what he told his parents in phone calls from the King County Jail.

Mistrial in case of Seattle Jewish Federation shooter
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Jun 4, 2008 at 4:09 PM PST
A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Naveed Haq, who stormed into a Seattle Jewish center two years ago and shot six women - one fatally - as he ranted against Israel and the Iraq war.

No jury questions answered in Haq case
Jun 2, 2008 at 1:07 PM PST
The Seattle jury deliberating a verdict in the trial of the man accused of shooting up a Jewish Federation office had another question for the judge, but ruled he could provide no further clarification.

Jury heads home in case of Seattle Jewish center shooting
May 23, 2008 at 5:34 PM PST
A jury has gone home for the weekend after the first day of deliberations in the case of Naveed Haq, who shot six women - one fatally - at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle two years ago.

Seattle Jewish center shooting case now up to jurors
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May 22, 2008 at 12:48 PM PST
The parents of a man who shot six women, one fatally, at a Seattle Jewish center two years ago hugged some of the victims and solemnly apologized Thursday after their son's trial concluded.