Shooting at Seattle Jewish Federation

[tyler_durden]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a0K9On5mM7yg&refer=home

One person was killed by gunfire at the Jewish Federation Building in downtown Seattle yesterday. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer said today five were wounded in the shooting.

At least four people were rushed to a local hospital after being struck, said Frederick Gutt, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent stationed in Seattle. One person, identified as Naveed Afzal Haq, was booked in Washington's King County Jail last night, on one count of homicide and five of attempted homicide, the Post-Intelligencer reported.

No listing for Haq was available in Pasco, Washington.

One 43-year-old woman was shot in the abdomen while another woman, who is 17 weeks pregnant, was shot in the arm, the Seattle Times reported, citing the Seattle Fire Department. Others suffered minor injuries, the Times said.

The suspect told building staff members before he began shooting that he was ``a Muslim American'' who was ``angry at Israel,'' the Times said, citing Amy Wasser-Simpson, the federation's vice president for planning and community services.

 

[tyler_durden]

Seattle suspect allegedly ambushed girl

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060730/ap_on_re_us/seattle_shooting;_ylt=At92I5FOn98w_vKNfaCkHvCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MjBwMWtkBHNlYwM3MTg-

SEATTLE - The man suspected in a fatal shooting rampage hid behind a potted plant in a Jewish charity's foyer and forced his way through a security door by holding a gun to a 13-year-old girl's head, the police chief said Saturday.

Once inside, police say, Naveed Afzal Haq opened fire with two semiautomatic pistols. One woman, Pam Waechter, 58, of Seattle was killed at the scene. Five more women were wounded.

Haq, 30, was ordered held on $50 million bail Saturday pending formal charges of murder and attempted murder.

Haq, a Muslim, told authorities he was angered by the war in
Iraq and U.S. military cooperation with Israel.

"He pointedly blamed the Jewish people for all of these problems," Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske said at a news conference Saturday.

According to a statement of probable cause, Haq told a 911 dispatcher: "These are Jews and I'm tired of getting pushed around and our people getting pushed around by the situation in the Middle East."

 

[gravitas]

One person, identified as Naveed Afzal Haq, was booked in Washington's King County Jail last night, on one count of homicide and five of attempted homicide.......a Muslim American......angry at Israel

I thought it was supposed to be a peaceful religion?

 

[Quarter Mile'r]

Ya, no kidding. What religion in the Middle east is a peaceful religion with
all the killing going on over there.

Jewish, Muslim..........I'm sick to death of it all.


............QM'r

 

[Bliss]

what is that supposed to mean?

get the lethal injection table ready....

What is that supposed to mean?

 

[Stew]

In Washington, the default method of execution is lethal injection unless the murderer chooses hanging.

Stew

 

[badwolfcgy]

He could have been watching too much Green Mile.

 

[Stew]

Dodd was executed in 1993 rather than in 1994. The stiffmeister is correct about Delaware in 1996.

Stew

 

[Stew]

I am spending way too much time looking at state-sanctioned execution. Of all the hobbies.....

Stew

 

[gravitas]

He died instantly.

thats a shame