Published on 28 March 2006, Seattle Post Intelligencer

Killer's taunt: 'There's plenty for everyone'

Hiding and terrified, some of those inside a Capitol Hill house where six people were shot dead during a post-rave party Saturday managed to call 911 for help, whispering to avoid discovery by the heavily armed gunman, authorities said Monday.

Kyle Aaron Huff, 28, taunted his victims at the home at 2112 E. Republican St., saying as he fired, "There's plenty for everyone."

Four men were killed in the rampage, but the most shocking revelations came Monday, when authorities disclosed that the other two victims were young girls: a 14-year-old from Milton and a 15-year-old from Bellevue.

Published on 27 March 2006, Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

Police: Seattle gunman meant to kill many

The young man who killed six people at a house party over the weekend had brought three guns, more than 300 rounds of ammunition, a baseball bat and a black machete, and told guests as he blazed away, "There's plenty for everyone," authorities said Monday.

Huff committed suicide when confronted by an officer outside the house early Saturday. Toxicology results will not be available for several days, Kimerer said.

Police said the victims, many of them dressed up as zombies in black with white face paint, had met Huff earlier in the night at a rave called "Better Off Undead" and invited him to a party at their rented home.

Published on 29 March 2006, Seattle Post Intelligencer

Huff was likely a 'loser' in search of revenge, experts say

Why did he do it?

When Kyle Huff opened fire on Capitol Hill, gunning down six people before killing himself, he was likely seeking revenge, say criminologists and psychological profilers.

Mass murderers tend to be "loners" and "losers" who have been rejected and believe other people are to blame, experts say. Often they feel so hopeless they don't care about living anymore, but suicide isn't enough.

They want justice. In a big way.

"They're almost all a one-time incident. They plan well in advance, and they'll either kill themselves or die by suicide-by-cop," said Aubrey Immelman, a psychology professor at Minnesota's St. John's University.

"That's their final statement. They're not going to give anyone the satisfaction of prosecuting them."

Immelman profiled the killers of 12 fellow students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999.

Despite the fact the killer is known and dead, Seattle police said they're determined to find out why Huff went on his rampage. More than two dozen detectives and two sergeants are assigned to the case. They've seized Huff's computer and combed his apartment and pickup, looking for clues.

Published on 30 March 2006, Seattle Post Intelligencer

'We're hiding,' girl whispered in 911 call

Calling 911 from a hiding place inside a Capitol Hill home that had just become a horrifying scene of mass murder, the young woman was strangely composed.

"There are people that are shot in here, please," she said.

It was one of the first emergency calls about the weekend rampage -- a report of multiple shootings that was quickly relayed to firefighter and medic dispatchers.

At least one of the calls came from inside the house. Other calls were made by neighbors seeking help for the victims. Events unfolded quickly as police tried to determine how many victims they had.

On the line with a 911 operator and fire dispatcher, the young woman reported that people were shot, only to be asked by the operator, "Ma'am, you told me these were fireworks. Were these fireworks or gunshots?"

"I think they're gunshots," the woman replied.

When the dispatcher asked whether the gunman was still there, she replied softly: "I don't know. We're hiding."