SEATTLE -- With people fleeing out second-story windows and bullets flying, Dayna Klein -- already wounded by a bullet to the arm -- crawled away to an office to call for help.

The gunman had already warned his victims at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle not to call police. And as he stalked through the charitable group's offices, he found Klein defying his orders.

Somehow, Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske said Saturday, Klein persuaded her assailant to talk with emergency dispatchers. A short time later, he laid down his weapons and surrendered to police.

Klein, 37, who police said was shot in the arm while shielding her pregnant belly, was singled out Saturday for her help in ending the crisis.

"She's a hero in my eyes," Kerlikowske said, also praising the dispatchers who talked down Naveed Afzal Haq, 30, identified by police as the shooter.

One woman was killed and five others -- including Klein -- were wounded in the rampage, which lasted just minutes Friday afternoon. Haq was ordered held on $50 million bail Saturday pending charges of murder and attempted murder.

The assault began when Haq hid behind a potted plant in the Jewish organization's foyer and ambushed a 13-year-old girl at gunpoint, forcing his way through a security door, authorities said. The girl was not shot.

Haq told 911 operators that he targeted the federation because of harm done to his fellow Muslims by the war in Iraq and U.S. military cooperation with Israel, Kerlikowske said.

"He pointedly blamed the Jewish people for all of these problems," Kerlikowske said.

Muhammad Ullah, a close family friend and senior member of a mosque Haq's father helped found in the Tri-Cities area of south-central Washington state, described Haq as a quiet loner with few friends.

In a statement, the Islamic Center of the Tri-Cities offered condolences to the shooting victims and said "we disassociate this act from our Islamic teachings and beliefs."

Colleagues identified the woman killed as Pam Waechter, 58, of Seattle.

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 couldn't immediately be confirmed.

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. He later added, "These are Jews and I'm tired of getting pushed around and our people getting pushed around by the situation in the Middle East."

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.

Seattle police said Haq picked up the two handguns and spare ammunition in the Tri-Cities area just one day before the shooting, and appeared to have targeted the federation after a cursory Internet search for Jewish organizations.

He also was stopped shortly before the shootings in Seattle for a minor traffic infraction, and was cited and released, Kerlikowske said. Haq had a valid driver's license and his actions did not raise any suspicion, the chief 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 Saturday evening to say whether they had been released from the hospital.

Prosecutors have until Aug. 2 to formally charge Haq, county prosecutor's 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 -- 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.

Colleagues identified the slain woman as Pam Waechter, 58, of Seattle. Waechter, an assistant director at the federation, died at the scene.

"This is just an extraordinary shock. We lost a really wonderful colleague, a wonderful friend. It's hard," said Nancy Geiger, the charitable organization's interim chief executive.

"She was a person everybody loved, everybody enjoyed being with. She was a tireless worker for the Jewish community," said Rabbi Jim Mirel of Temple B'nai Torah, where Waechter was a past president.

Waechter is survived by two adult children, Nicole and Mark, Mirel said.