

Cloud police chief, the quick actions on the part of his officers forced Penney to retreat and ultimately, he shot himself. Both of the officers sustained injuries, one was shot in the foot, the other was hit in the face with flying glass when a round came through the windshield. Police soon arrived on the scene and Penney started shooting at the officers. Penney stood in the street and emptied several 30-round magazines into the home. He was upset over a car crash that had damaged his vehicle in September. According to police Penney left a six-page letter expressing rage at the world and himself, dressed in military fatigues, combat boots, a tactical vest for carrying multiple ammunition magazines, picked up two AK-47s, more than 100 rounds of ammunition and drove to a friend's home. "His attempt to hide the income from this illegal activity demonstrates he knew what he was doing was wrong."ġ8-year-old David Penney of St. "As a police officer, Alloway knew better than anyone the risks of distributing firearms without background checks or sales records," said the U.S. As part of the plea agreement he will pay all back taxes and forfeit 58 firearms taken in the raid on his home.īecause Alloway was selling the guns as an unlicensed dealer at gun shows no criminal background checks were run on the purchasers. In October 2011 Alloway pleaded guilty to unlawful dealing in firearms and filing a false income tax return, both felonies.

He also failed to report the income from the sales on his tax returns. Prosecutors alleged that Alloway purchased nearly 400 guns from three different licensed firearms dealers between January 2005 and November 2010 and then sold the guns at area gun shows without being properly licensed.

In November 2010 federal agents raided his South Kitsap home as part of a sweep of several suspects accused of illegal gun sales.

56-year-old Roy Alloway was a police officer for thirty-two years, including being a longtime undercover narcotics detective for the Bremerton, Washington police department.
