Naveed Afzal Haq

Naveed Afzal Haq (born September 23, 1975) is a U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent who was convicted of crimes relating to the 2006 Seattle Jewish Federation shooting.

Haq was convicted on December 15, 2009 of aggravated murder, malicious harassment—Washington's hate-crime statute—five counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of unlawful imprisonment, and this event was also characterized as a hate crime. The jury did not accept the defense argument that Haq was criminally insane when the shootings occurred July 28, 2006.

Naveed Haq is of Pakistani descent. His father, Mian Haq, is a prominent Muslim American leader in the Tri-Cities area, who helped found the local Islamic Center, and continues to work at the Hanford nuclear facility. Naveed Haq graduated from Richland High School in 1994, where one of his classmates described him as a "pretty calm, collected, happy guy." Another classmate told The Seattle Times that Haq "was never up front about his faith or religion." Haq is reported to have attended dentistry school at University of Pennsylvania but dropped out before graduating. He then completed a degree in electrical engineering at Washington State University (WSU), but was allegedly incapable of holding down a job.

By all accounts, Haq had few close friends. A Seattle Times article quoted "the only friend Haq listed on the social-networking site, Friendster.com", a man from a Hindu background, as saying, "I'm beginning to think I was his only friend in the Tri-Cities. I don't recall him hanging out with anybody else." Seattle alternative weekly The Stranger described Haq's former WSU classmate, as having been "frustrated with [Haq's] aimlessness." Prior to the shooting spree, Haq had spent "an idle summer in a studio apartment flirting with women on the internet."

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