No Warnings On Seattle Shooter

(CBS/AP)  The man suspected of killing six people at an after-rave house party lived with his twin brother and delivered pizzas since he moved to Seattle, where his apartment manager said the two were ideal tenants and "twin teddy bears."

Those who knew Aaron Kyle Huff were dismayed that he was suspected of opening fire in a house full of partygoers dressed like zombies in dark clothing and pale makeup, killing six of them and injuring two. He then turned the gun on himself, authorities said.

"It's a total shock," said Regina Gray, manager of Town & Country Apartments, where the Huff brothers lived. "He and his twin brother are the kindest, sweetest, gentlest people."

It was a sharp contrast to the man police spokesman Sean Whitcomb described Sunday as "extremely dangerous" who "approached the house shooting and didn't stop shooting."

Police say the victims met Huff, 28, at a rave called "Better Off Undead" Friday night and invited him back to an after-party at their rental home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.

The capitol Hill neighborhood is described as an eclectic young neighborhood going through a regentrification process, reports CBS News correspondent Vince Gonzales. The partygoers were described as all good friends and the suspect was one of the guests.

Some 500 people attended the rave — parties that attract young people to dance to thumping, bass-laden electronic music. People often dress up in Halloween-like outfits and paint their faces.

"She shouldn't have gone to the rave and I never approved of those things," the mother of a woman at the party told CBS News. "But it's kind of like, tell them no and they go anyway. I would rather know."

Huff left the after-party at about 7 a.m. and returned wearing bandoliers of ammunition and carrying a 12-gauge pistol-grip shotgun and a handgun. He fired on the 30 young partygoers gathered in the house before walking out and killing himself when confronted by a police officer.

"Almost immediately upon coming right back to the house, he opened fire on people outside the residence," said Police Chief Gil Kerilowske. "The people inside the house began running and screaming in terror."

Police also found an assault rifle, multiple "banana clips" carrying 30 bullets each, a machete and several hundred more rounds of ammunition in Huff's pickup truck. Police say they are still working on a motive.

"He left the party and made no threatening gestures. There was no argument, there were no fights," said Kerlikowske. "He was in fact described as quiet and humble."

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