Seattle, WA – Insanity Plea In Jewish-Center Shooting.

Seattle, WA – A man accused in a fatal shooting at a Jewish center in Seattle is entering a plea of not-guilty by reason of insanity.

The plea was entered today, even as prosecutors added eleven additional counts against the man, Naveed Haq, who has a long history of mental illness.

He initially pleaded not-guilty after the shooting last July at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. Six women were shot — one fatally.

But at a hearing today, he changed it to an insanity plea for the 20 charges he now faces.

The initial charges included aggravated murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, and malicious harassment — the state’s hate-crime law. The new charges include five additional counts of malicious harassment, so there is now one count for each victim.
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