Overview
- Police say Allison Howlett was found in a stolen, weapon-filled vehicle in the Sunset Station parking garage and taken into custody after negotiators offered water and officers used a Taser during a struggle.
- Officers recovered roughly two dozen guns and hundreds of rounds from the car and about 30 more firearms from Howlett’s Henderson home, including an MP5-style automatic weapon and suppressor components as reported by investigators.
- Howlett was arraigned on dozens of felony counts, including making terroristic threats, assault with a deadly weapon, grand larceny of a motor vehicle, and multiple weapons offenses, with bail set at $500,000 and conditions that include weapons avoidance and electronic monitoring.
- Authorities played an audio recording from 2024 at a police briefing that they say contains earlier threats of a mass shooting, and law enforcement told reporters regional counterterrorism partners had been aware of the suspect.
- The case remains under active investigation as prosecutors prepare for a July 15 preliminary hearing and local agencies increase vigilance for threats during the holiday period.