Deadlocked Naveed Haq Jury: He didn’t intend to kill anyone
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“I thought during the whole thing he was acting on a delusion. … It was ill-planned,” she said. “I think he’s profoundly mentally ill. It’s escalating, and he’s crossed a line.”
She said the six-man, six-woman jury spent much of seven days debating whether it had been proved Haq had gone to the Belltown office with premeditation — or the intent to kill people — and barely even got to the question of insanity.
Some jurors believed “he went there with a gun to take hostages and make a point” — not to end lives, she said.