Names released in Capitol Hill shooting

[img1]SEATTLE -- Six young people at an all-night party were shot to death Saturday morning by a man who unloaded dozens of rounds of ammunition before shooting himself to death in front of a police officer arriving at the scene, police said.

The "execution-style" rampage occurred just after 7 a.m. at a home on a normally placid street in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, said Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske. The victims, four males and two females, all appeared to be in their teens or early 20s.

[img2]The gunman charged through the front of the house bearing a 12-gauge pistol-grip shotgun and a semiautomatic handgun, Kerlikowske said.

The gunman ran downstairs and out the front door as a police officers arrived. The officer ordered the man to drop his weapons; instead, he placed one of the guns in his mouth and fired, dying instantly.

Chief Kerlikowske said investigators had not determined the motives of the shooter, whom he did not identify by name but described as a local man in his late 20s who appeared to have a minor criminal record but no history of violence.