Naveed Haq faces 2nd trial in Seattle Jewish center shooting that killed 1, wounded 5
By Gene Johnson, APWednesday, October 21, 2009
Second trial in Seattle Jewish center shooting
SEATTLE — A second trial has begun 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.
Naveed Haq’s first trial ended with jurors deadlocked on that issue.
Deputy King County prosecutor Don Raz began his opening statement Wednesday by detailing the preparations Haq made for the shooting spree at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, including several trips to gun stores and two documents he wrote criticizing Israel and U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Raz told the 16 jurors that Haq’s mental illness didn’t cause him to attack the Jewish Federation — his anger did.
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