A trans madman was arrested in Las Vegas Saturday on charges of making terroristic threats, assault with a deadly weapon, auto theft, gun theft and other offenses.
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The gunman, who identifies as “Allison” Howlett, planned to commit a mass shooting at a casino “using a huge cache of weapons,” the New York Post reported.
Howlett’s exwife, called police Saturday morning to report that he had stolen her car, which contained multiple firearms, according to Henderson Police Chief Reggie Rader.
The woman reportedly told police Howlett, 36, wanted to commit “suicide by cop” and/or carry out a mass shooting.
She was able to track her stolen car on her phone, helping cops find where it was parked in a garage at Sunset Station hotel, Rader said during a press briefing Tuesday.
As officers approached the vehicle, Howlett blasted music over the car’s stereo, refused commands to exit, and asked for a drink of water.
Video of the ensuring interaction shows an officer offering approaching the vehicle and offering Howlett a bottle of water.
As he reached for the bottle through the driver’s side window, about six more officers appeared to pull him out of the car.
“No, no, no dude! Dude, no!” Howlett cried as an officer grabbed one of his hands. “Okay, Okay I’ll get out!”
“Officers were eventually able to establish communication and convince her to roll down her window during negotiations,” said Rader, referring to Howlett as a female.
“When she asked for water, the quick-thinking officers developed a plan to take her into custody as an opportunity arose when she reached for the water,” he explained. “Officers used that moment to gain control of her hands and remove her from the vehicle.”
Rader said cops had to stun Howlett with a Taser as he resisted being taken into custody.
While searching his vehicle, officers found a handgun and an MP5 submachine gun in the back seat.
They went on to recover “22 other guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition,” police said. “As you can see from these photos, there were multiple handguns, multiple rifles, and a variety of firearm related equipment. ”
Thirty more firearms—including automatic rifles, plus ammo, grenade launcher attachments and silencers—were found during a search of Howlett’s home in Henderson, Las Vegas.
Howlett allegedly has a history of making threats, including a 2024 call where he threatened a mass shooting.
“I swear to God, if the FBI doesn’t come f-cking arrest me, there’s gonna be a f-cking mass shooting,” Howlett can be heard saying in a recording of the call played at Tuesday’s briefing.
“There’s one day you’re gonna be pissing me the f— off, and it’s gonna be the last f—— straw,” he added.
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The incident remains under investigation and investigators are still trying to determine a motive.
Howlett remained in custody at the Clark County Detention Center as of Wednesday morning.
His bail has been set at $500,000.
Howlett’s plan to go on a shooting spree at a casino is just the latest example of trans-terrorism in North America in recent years.
In September of 2018, Snochia Moseley, a 26 year old man who they identified as female, shot and killed four people at a pharmaceuticals distribution center in Aberdeen, Maryland.
In May of 2019, Alec McKinney, a then-17-year-old transgender student opened fire at at a Denver-area charter school, killing one student, and wounding eight others.
In November 2022, “nonbinary” Anderson Lee Aldrich fatally shot five people at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub.
In March of 2023, Audrey “Aiden” Hale, a 28-year-old female who identified as male, went on a shooting rampage at the Christian Covenant School on March 27, 2023, killing three children and three members of the school’s staff before being shot dead by responding police. Hale was motivated by an intense, murderous hatred of affluent, white (“cracker”) children, according to a leaked manifesto that was written in a spiral notebook.
In April of 2023, William Whitworth, a transgender teenager in Colorado Springs allegedly made threats against various schools in the city, resulting in a first degree attempted murder charge and other related charges.
On January 4, 2024, Dylan Butler, a self-identified as “genderfluid” student opened fire at a high school in Perry, Iowa, hitting multiple people, before turning the gun on himself. Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger died as a result of his injuries.
On February 12, 2024, Genesse Ivonne Moreno, a trans-identified shooter opened fire in a Texas church, injuring two people, including a five-year-old boy. Moreno, who was shot and killed by off-duty officers, was previously known as Jeffery Escalante. According to a federal law source, his rifle had the words “free Palestine” on it.
On July 6, 2024, Florida trans teen Julia Engler, who goes by Jasper, murdered her mother, Kelly Engler, and her mother’s boyfriend, Matthew Szejnrok, over “longstanding conflicts” regarding her gender transition and her disapproval of the pair’s relationship. Engler stole her mother’s .38-caliber handgun from the bedroom and shot her as she returned home with Szejnrok. After running out of ammunition, the teen stabbed Szejnrok repeatedly with a chef’s knife. She reloaded the gun and shot him in the head after he pleaded to be put out of his misery. She initially blamed the murders on an intruder.
On August 27, 2025, trans gunman Robin Westman, 23, opened fire on Catholic school students attending morning Mass at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis. Two children, ages 8 and 10, died in the mass shooting and eighteen others were injured. After the attack, Westman killed himself by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
On January 20, 2026, a pair of armed trans militants, German man Felix “Ophelia” Baukholt and Seattle University of Washington student Teresa “Milo” Youngblut, shot and killed a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Coventry, Vermont near the Canadian border. Baukholt was allegedly armed in the car and was aiming his firearm when he was shot dead. Youngblut is accused of firing the surprise shots that killed Air Force Veteran and border agent David Maland. She was injured by returning fire. The duo was allegedly connected to a trans terror cell and were being surveilled by law enforcement.
On February 10, 2026, trans gunman Jesse van Rootselaar, carried out a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia after killing his mother an half brother. Rootselaar fatally shot five students and one educator. He then died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Rootselaar, who used the name Jesse Strang, began transitioning around age 12 and publicly identified as female.
On February 16, 2026, trans gunman Robert Dorgan, who also went by the name Roberta Esposito, killed two outright and injuring three others during a shooting rampage at a hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. A third victim died in the hospital on February 25. It was the second mass shooting by a trans-identified gunman in just a week’s time.
On February 21, 2026, trans Blu Zeke Daly, a/k/a Cullan Zeke Daly, 26, fired a handgun at the Border Patrol agent at the Pittsburg Port of Entry in New Hampshire on the border between the United States and Canada. The agent returned fire with his own service weapon and shot Daly, who was treated at a local hospital. Daly was charged by complaint with “one count of attempted murder of a federal officer and one count of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon.”
