Posted on 07/28/2006 4:28:49 PM PDT by VNam68
Edited on 07/28/2006 4:36:15 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
At least two or three people shoot.
SEATTLE – At least two people have been shot at the Jewish Federation at 2031 Third Ave. in downtown Seattle. One or two people have been taken into custody but it's not known if they are suspects.
One person was reportedly shot in the abdomen and another in the arm. They are being taken to Harborview Medical Center.
Part of Third Avenue and Second Avenue have been closed to traffic. Police are urging people to stay away from the area. It's not known if more suspects are at large but policemen were seen handcuffing one person and others were searching the area.
At least three people were seen emerging from the building, escorted by police. It's not know if they were hostages.
Medics, escorted by police, have been taking other people from the building.
More to come.
Thank you for the update.
You’re very welcome XR7.
I find these cases heart-breaking.
UPDATE:
Note: Photos included.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/359267_jewishfed17.html
Last updated April 16, 2008 11:24 p.m. PT
“Shooter came back to kill me, survivor says
Youngest Jewish Federation victim testifies”
By TRACY JOHNSON
P-I REPORTER
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Layla Bush was sprawled on the floor, bleeding and trying to count the gunshots she heard down the hallway to figure out how many rounds the gunman had left.
By the time she’d counted to about five, she realized she couldn’t move anyway. She wouldn’t be able to call 911, she told jurors Wednesday, and worse — the gunman had returned.
“He came back around, and at that point I saw him with both hands on the gun — taking more time to aim, it looked like to me,” she testified in King County Superior Court. “I believe he was trying to shoot to kill me.”
Bush took the witness stand Wednesday against Naveed Haq, a 32-year-old man accused of ranting about Jewish people and U.S. foreign policy as he walked the halls of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and opened fire.
One woman was killed in the July 28, 2006, rampage in Belltown. Bush, now 24, was shot in the abdomen and again in the shoulder as she lay partially propped up against a bookcase, she told jurors. Four others were seriously wounded.”
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004355746_webhaq17m.html
Thursday, April 17, 2008 - Page updated at 12:44 PM
“Witnesses detail shooting at Jewish Federation”
By Natalie Singer
Seattle Times staff reporter
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “As witnesses in Naveed Haq’s trial told of the carnage that befell the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle nearly two years ago, attorneys for the defense and prosecution Wednesday worked to coax from them subtle details that could help decode for a King County jury the mood and mind-set of the shooter.”
Thanks for the update. This story did not get the attention it deserved.
You’re welcome Dante3.
OPINION:
I agree with you, terrorism does make people uncomfortable and just wishing it would go away.
It won’t.
Note: Photos included.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/359453_jewishfed18.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/20080417/450haq18_20745_videowaechter.jpg
“Jurors see last seconds of shooting victim’s life
Waechter rushed down Jewish Federation stairs”
By TRACY JOHNSON
P-I REPORTER
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Jurors saw the last seconds of the life of the woman who didn’t survive the Jewish Federation shooting, watching her on choppy video footage Thursday as she ran from her office, one hand pressed to her wounded chest.
· Photos from security cameras, trial
Pamela Waechter came into view for just a moment, then disappeared as she hurried down a stairway. Naveed Haq followed. He reached an arm over the railing — a moment in which police say he shot the 58-year-old woman in the head.”
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004357397_haq18m.html
Friday, April 18, 2008 - Page updated at 12:00 AM
“Woman died in Seattle shootings and lived to testify about it”
By Natalie Singer
Seattle Times staff reporter
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Rexroad testified that she was finishing up her work just after 4 p.m. when she heard “popping” noises. Rexroad went down the hallway and saw Haq, who had forced his way into the locked building about two minutes earlier.
“He turned and looked at me. He had a gun in his hand. He shot me,” she said, her voice quivering. “I remember feeling stinging, and then feeling nothing.”
She slipped into a nearby conference room and tried to close the door behind her, she testified. “He was trying to get in. He shot me again — it went across the back of my knee and knocked me down.”
Somehow, she stumbled into another hallway, down the back steps and through an exit. All along, she was yelling for someone to help her. But other co-workers had either already fled the building or had also been shot.”
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TRIAL UPDATE:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004363419_webhaq21m.html
“Victim pregnant at time of Jewish Federation shootings testifies in Haq trial”
By Natalie Singer
Seattle Times staff reporter
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Still, Klein reached up and pulled down the telephone receiver from her desk and dialed 911. As she spoke with an operator, Haq appeared again in her doorway and told her “because you were too [expletive] stupid to listen, you are my hostage now.”
With Haq’s gun trained on her head, Klein offered him the receiver and then crouched quietly in a corner, she testified.
“He began to state that ... he would like to talk to [television talk-show host] Larry King and the Jews ... need to get out of Lebanon and Iraq. This is his Hezbollah, this is his personal statement.””
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/359931_jewishfed22.html
Last updated April 21, 2008 9:33 p.m. PT
“Jewish Federation shooting victim breaks down during testimony
‘He had the gun at my head the entire time’”
By TRACY JOHNSON
P-I REPORTER
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Haq, who was raised in a Muslim American family, gave the operator his name and Social Security number. He said he shot Klein. Asked if she needed an ambulance, Haq replied, “Yeah, I don’t care.”
He answered the operator’s questions, confirming that he was acting alone and hadn’t been drinking.
“I don’t care if I die — I just want to say that,” he said. “This is just to make a point.””
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080501seattlecase05012008.html
“Prosecution rests in Seattle shooting;
defense starts with gunman’s mother”
(May 1, 2008)
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blog:
http://jewishbreakingnews.blogspot.com/2008/05/prosecution-rests-in-seattle-case.html
(JTA.org)
THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008
“Prosecution rests in Seattle case”
SEATTLE (JTA) —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Seattle Police Det. Thomas Luckie, a computer forensics expert, said that among the hundreds of sites he visited were scores of pornography sites, Muslim and Middle East news sites, sites of Jewish members of the U.S. Congress and the site of the American Israel Political Action Committee.
Luckie said the searches on the day before the shootings were broad at first but over time became more targeted.
“On July 27, 2006, [Haq] searched CNN specials and the Mideast crisis, Luckie testified. He searched the Iraq war, the situation in the Middle East, and Pakistan missile technology.
Haqs search records from July 23 to July 26 of that year also showed searches about Hezbollah and the resistance until he finally focused on AIPAC seminars in Seattle and throughout the United States.
In a precinct interview after the shootings, Haq told police he originally thought he would attack an AIPAC event, but that he changed his mind because he believed it would be too complicated. That evidence was suppressed by the judge because Haq was not provided an attorney after repeated requests.”
http://publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1272089§ionID=1
“Insanity Defense”
Paula Wissel
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SEATTLE, WA (2008-05-05) The trial continues this week for the man accused of killing a woman and wounding five others at the Jewish Federation in Seattle. His attorneys argue that Naveed Haq should be found “not guilty by reason of insanity.” They point to his erratic behavior and his statement that God had sanctioned the attack.”
UPDATE:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_jewish_federation_shooting.html
Last updated May 15, 2008 8:24 a.m. PT
“Defense wraps up case at Haq trial in Seattle”
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SEATTLE — Defense lawyers have wrapped up their case in the trial of Naveed Haq (nah-VEED’ hahk) who is charged with killing a woman and wounding five at the Jewish Federation office in Seattle.”
UPDATE:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/365252_jewishfed31.html
Last updated May 30, 2008 4:03 p.m. PT
“Naveed Haq jury ends fifth day without verdict”
P-I STAFF
IN THE U.S.A.:
UPDATE:
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/06/03/jurors_deadlocked_in_haq_trial/2467/
“Jurors deadlocked in Haq trial”
Published: June 3, 2008 at 3:12 PM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SEATTLE, June 3 (UPI) — Seattle jurors are deadlocked on all but one portion of criminal charges against alleged killer Naveed Haq.”
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004453732_haq03m.html
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - Page updated at 12:00 AM
“Haq jurors tell judge they’re deadlocked on almost everything”
By Natalie Singer
Seattle Times staff reporter
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “If jurors are unable to agree unanimously on one or more counts, it could lead to a mistrial and likely a retrial.
The jury has been deliberating since May 23.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026157/posts
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UPDATE:
Note: Photo included.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004457431_webjury04m.html
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - Page updated at 05:15 PM
“Judge declares mistrial in the case of Jewish Federation shooter”
By Natalie Singer
Seattle Times staff reporter
“A mistrial has been declared in the trial of Jewish Federation gunman Naveed Haq.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Superior Court Judge Paris Kallas declared the mistrial moments ago after jurors told her they were hopelessly deadlocked on 14 of 15 counts against Haq, 32.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Haq showed no emotion when the mistrial was declared.”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331093729&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Jul 25, 2008 0:15 | Updated Jul 25, 2008 8:13
“IDF vets train NY Jewish paramilitaries”
By HAVIV RETTIG
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “American Jews have “felt a false sense of security in the United States,” Stern believes, “because historically there has been less anti-Semitism than in other countries. But there have been incidents - neo-Nazi terrorist attacks, Arab terrorist attacks. Jews have to be vigilant.”
“The threat is not from the American people or government,” he adds, but from “terrorist sleeper cells that want to target Jews. These people are very dangerous and the FBI issues warnings against them very often,” he said, citing the FBI’s warning, after the killing of Hizbullah operations chief Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus in February, that the Lebanese group might carry out terror attacks on Jewish communities.
“The average American is friendly to Jews, but we’re worried about those individuals on the periphery of society,” Stern says.
The group was founded in the summer of 2006 in response to the shooting attack at the Jewish federation of Seattle premises by local Muslim Naveed Haq.
“We realized there is a need for this kind of organization, and as Israeli combat veterans living in the US, we have the skills and ability to respond to this,” Stern says.”
UPDATE:
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17125236/detail.html
“New Trial Date Set For Naveed Haq”
POSTED: 3:26 pm PDT August 7, 2008
SEATTLE —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The new trial date was set for March 9, 2009.”
SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: "HAQ JURY COULD NOT AGREE ON 'INTENT TO MURDER,' JUROR SAYS Premeditation, not insanity issue, dominated debate" by Tracy Johnson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A few jurors thought Naveed Haq was guilty, but many apparently weren't convinced that he went to the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle intending to kill anyone.") (Last updated June 5, 2008, 10:51 p.m. PT)
JEWISH BREAKING NEWS - blog (JTA): Seattle - "PROSECUTION RESTS IN SEATTLE SHOOTING" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Seattle Police Det. Thomas Luckie, a computer forensics expert, said that among the hundreds of sites he visited were scores of pornography sites, Muslim and Middle East news sites, sites of Jewish members of the U.S. Congress and the site of the American Israel Political Action Committee/ Luckie said the searches on the day before the shootings were broad at first but over time became more targeted.") (May 1, 2008)
SEATTLE TIMES.com: "VICTIM PREGNANT AT TIME OF JEWISH FEDERATION SHOOTINGS TESTIFIES IN HAQ TRIAL" by Natalie Singer (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "With Haq's gun trained on her head, Klein offered him the receiver and then crouched quietly in a corner, she testified. "He began to state that ... he would like to talk to [television talk-show host] Larry King and the Jews ... need to get out of Lebanon and Iraq. This is his Hezbollah, this is his personal statement."") (Updated April 21, 2008, 02:52 pm)
SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: "JEWISH FEDERATION SHOOTING VICTIM BREAKS DOWN DURING TESTIMONY 'He had the gun at my head the entire time'" by Tracy Johnson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Panicked but undeterred, Klein gave information to the emergency operator and eventually offered Haq the phone. He took it and began ranting about Jews and how his people had "been getting pushed around by the situation in the Middle East."") (Last updated April 21, 2008, 9:33 p.m. PT)
SEATTLE TIMES.com: "11 NEW CHARGES FILED IN JEWISH FEDERATION SHOOTINGS; DEFENDANT PLEADS INSANITY" by Christine Clarridge (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Haq is accused of forcing his way into the secure Belltown offices of the federation on July 28 by holding a gun to the back of a 14-year-old girl. He carried two guns, court documents allege, and spewed anti-Semitic statements as he made his way through the office, randomly shooting people he encountered as some screamed and tried to escape or hide. The shooting came a day after the FBI had warned Jewish organizations nationwide to be on alert after Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon and al-Qaida's second in command urged that the war raging in the Middle East be carried to the U.S. Haq reportedly told operators in a 911 call during the shooting, "These are Jews. I want these Jews to get out."") (May 30, 2007, 11:20 am)
WorldNetDaily.com: "1 Dead, 5 Hurt in Seattle Terror" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Haq's father was a founding member of the Islamic Centre of Tri-Cities in Richland. He and his wife moved to Pasco three years ago. According to Chris Richey of Everett, Haq had been his neighbor until two weeks ago, when he abruptly moved. The landlady at their apartment told Richey Haq was going to Pakistan. Haq spoke often about guns and politics, said Richey, and didn't like President Bush. A law-enforcement source said Haq had a licence to carry a concealed weapon.") (July 29, 2006)
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