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HENDERSON, Nev. — A Henderson woman is facing multiple criminal counts after police say she drove off in her spouse’s car on June 27 threatening to shoot up the Las Vegas Strip — a car loaded with 22 firearms, including machine guns and silencers. Questions remain about how she had access to those weapons and why she was released from a mental health hold days before the incident.
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Allison Howlett, who remains jailed on $500,000 bail, is due back in court July 15.
The June 27 incident
Julie Howlett called 911 on June 27 to report that her spouse, Allison, had driven off in her car after threatening to “shoot up the Strip and die by suicide.” Henderson police tracked the vehicle to a parking garage at Sunset Station casino.
According to the arrest report, Allison refused commands to exit the vehicle, blasted loud music, and repeatedly made an obscene gesture at officers. Officers observed her reaching around inside the car while disobeying commands. Officers eventually pulled her out through the driver’s side window and deployed a Taser, which was effective in taking her into custody.
A handgun was found in the driver’s seat. A B&T TP9 with a suppressor was found in the back passenger seat, according to the report. In total, police found 22 firearms in the car — along with hundreds of rounds of ammunition and multiple high-capacity magazines.
The guns
Julie Howlett told FOX5 every firearm in the car belonged to her.
“They were my guns — all of them,” Julie said.
Julie told FOX5 she was a former firearms dealer,and that the guns were being transported to the east coast.
Arrest reports say the guns were being sent to Southern Supply Defense in Alabama. FOX5 confirmed Southern Supply Defense holds a federal firearms license through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. FOX5 has not been able to confirm whether Julie Howlett holds a current dealer’s license.
“I was a dealer in my past life in the Southeast,” Julie said.
At the couple’s Henderson home, a search warrant turned up more than two dozen additional firearms — including an M2 .50 caliber machine gun, an M5 rocket launcher, and multiple rifles with grenade launchers — along with computers, a cellphone, and a USB drive. Some firearms were locked in a safe; the arrest report states there were “numerous others throughout the house that were not secure or locked up.”
Several of the firearms recovered are federally regulated items under the National Firearms Act, which requires registration, and, and a tax stamp for each item.
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The legal gap
Allison Howlett told police she had previously owned firearms of her own but transferred them to Julie Howlett. Under Nevada law, spouses are not required to complete Form 4473 — the federal form that triggers a background check — when transferring guns to each other.
A history of threats — and a home full of guns
The arrest report states Allison Howlett first made a mass shooting threat on January 26, 2024, telling Julie on video: “If the FBI doesn’t come arrest me, there is going to be a mass shooting one day… you’re going to be the reason hundreds of people lose their lives.” The report states she continued making similar threats throughout 2024 and into early 2025, and that the behavior resumed in the weeks before her arrest.
Julie told FOX5 the pattern had continued for years.
“It’s been going on for a very long time,” Julie said. “I have been calling and calling and reporting and reporting and nothing was getting done.”
Julie told police Allison would often wear body armor around the house while making threats.
On June 21 — six days before the June 27 incident — police responded to the home and placed Allison on a Legal 2000, a 72-hour involuntary mental health hold. She was released back into the home, which police reports indicate was filled with firearms.
Due to the threat of a mass casualty event, LVMPD Counter Terrorism detectives were notified and responded to the scene on June 27, according to the arrest report.
Unanswered questions
What remains unclear is whether officers who responded to the home in the days before June 27 knew guns were inside, and why Allison Howlett was released despite her documented history of threats.
FOX5 has submitted public records requests to Henderson Police regarding the four times officers responded to the home and is awaiting responses.
The charges
Howlett faces 35 counts in a criminal complaint filed by the Clark County District Attorney’s Office, including:
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- Assault with a deadly weapon constituting domestic violence (Category B felony)
- 22 counts of grand larceny of a firearm (Category B felony)
- Grand larceny auto (Category C felony)
- 4 counts of possession of a machine gun or silencer (Category C felony)
- 4 counts of possession of a short-barreled rifle or shotgun (Category D felony)