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Seattle Suspect Allegedly Ambushed Girl
That woman, Dayna Klein, 37, was hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center along with the four others wounded.
Jewish Federation officials identified the other wounded women as Cheryl Stumbo, 43; Layla Bush, 23; and Carol Goldman, 35, all of Seattle; and Christina Rexroad, whose age and hometown could not immediately be confirmed.
![]() Naveed Afzal Haq, 30, is brought into the courtroom after being booked into the King County Jail for investigation of homicide and attempted homicide Saturday, July 29, 2006 in Seattle. Haq surrendered to a SWAT team moments after the shooting began Friday afternoon at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, where he killed one person and wounded five others. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey) (Kevin P. Casey - AP)
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The 13-year-old girl taken hostage at the beginning of the melee was not shot, police said.
When Haq got on the phone with 911 operators, he identified himself by name and said, "This is a hostage situation and I want these Jews to get out," according to a statement of probable cause.
At one point, he told the dispatcher he wanted police to call the media and that he had a gun pointed at a woman's head. He said he was acting alone and had not been drinking, court documents said.
The three most seriously wounded women, who had been shot in the abdomen, were upgraded from critical to serious condition Saturday, hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg-Hanson said. The other two were in satisfactory condition Friday. A nursing supervisor refused to say Saturday evening whether they had been released from the hospital.
Prosecutors have until Aug. 2 to formally charge Haq, spokesman Dan Donohoe said. They are not yet seeking capital charges, but that could change, he said.
Authorities searched Haq's parents' home and his apartment _ both in the Tri-Cities area of southeastern Washington _ and removed evidence, including computers and Haq's car, Kerlikowske said.
Police and the FBI are labeling the shootings a hate crime.
Haq entered the King County courtroom on Saturday wearing handcuffs, chains and leg shackles, and a white jail jumpsuit that labeled him an "ultra security inmate."
Before entering, Haq requested through a public defender that he be allowed to not personally attend the hearing, or for him to not be photographed or videotaped. District Judge Barbara L. Linde denied both requests.
Haq briefly glanced at rows of news media in the gallery on his way into the courtroom but otherwise showed no outward emotion.


