‘Bad vibes’ got killer into party

SEATTLE – Aaron Kyle Huff, the gunman who killed six young people Saturday before turning a shotgun on himself, had been to at least one other rave party before the event where he met the victims of his shooting spree.

In early February, someone identifying himself as Kyle Huff posted this message on a rave-oriented Web site: “Hey, I’ve never been to a rave in Seattle and was wondering if anyone could tell me when one is coming up. It’s the 1st of February 2006 right now.”

Three days later, Chris O’Rourke said he met the 6-foot-5, 280-pound Huff at a Feb. 4 party at Studio Seven, a Seattle rock club.

“While standing at the coat check line to grab my sweat shirt, I bumped into Kyle literally,” O’Rourke said by e-mail. “We exchanged names and shook hands. He seemed like someone who liked the music but didn’t have a really good concept of what the scene was about.”

O’Rourke said Huff was a “wallflower” type who spent most of the night in one spot.

Then early Saturday at a zombie-themed rave called “Better Off Undead,” Huff met Anthony Moulton, 25, who invited Huff back to his rental home for a party.

According to a search warrant filed in King County District Court on Tuesday, Moulton told police Huff seemed “sketchy,” different, putting off “bad vibes.” But Moulton said he thought it would be entertaining to have someone like that in the mix of people at the party he and his roommates were throwing.

Huff seemed friendly enough, Moulton told police, and agreed to come.

At the party, Huff was one of the first to arrive, Moulton said. He kept to himself, was quiet and polite, and took part in some friendly small talk.

But shortly before 7 a.m., Huff left the party, walked to his pickup truck, retrieved a pistol-grip shotgun and handgun, loaded up on ammunition and headed back to the party. He killed six before turning the shotgun on himself when confronted by a police officer.

The search warrant provides additional details about items found in the Seattle apartment he shared with his twin brother, Kane, and in the gunman’s truck.

In the apartment, police found six baggies of “green vegetable matter” on a coffee table in the living room. Investigators believe the baggies contain marijuana, Seattle police spokesman Sean Whitcomb said Wednesday.

Three rifles were found in the apartment, one in the gunman’s bedroom and two in his brother’s bedroom. Police also found several gun brochures.

Huff’s brother, Kane, was questioned by police on Saturday. Deputy Seattle Police Chief Clark Kimerer said Kane Huff apparently had no knowledge of his brother’s intentions.

Police said several more weapons were found in Aaron Kyle Huff’s pickup truck, where they also found a rifle, a baseball bat, a black machete and more than 300 rounds of ammunition.

According the search warrant, police also found two full 5-gallon cans of gasoline.

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