Gunshot victim becomes mom

SEATTLE – A woman who was shot in the arm when she tried to protect her unborn child during July’s deadly shooting rampage at the Jewish Federation offices here has given birth to a healthy baby boy, her publicist said Wednesday.

Charley Paz Klein was born about 9 p.m. Tuesday in a Seattle hospital to Dayna Klein, 37. His middle name, which means peace, was chosen in memory of Pamela Waechter, who died in the July 28 shooting, said Howard Bragman.

Four other women were injured in the shooting, when police allege that Naveed Afzal Haq stormed into the Jewish center and opened fire.

Haq, 30, has pleaded not guilty to aggravated first-degree murder, five counts of attempted murder and other charges. He faces either life in prison without parole or the death penalty if convicted in the death of Waechter, 58, director of the Jewish charity’s annual fundraising campaign.

Klein, who was 17 weeks’ pregnant at the time of the shooting, was shot in her left forearm. Doctors are still waiting to determine if Klein, the federation’s director of major gifts, will regain movement in her injured arm.