A 23-year-old British woman was shot dead while staying with her father in Texas last year after the pair had an argument about President Donald Trump, an inquest has heard.
As per reports, Lucy Harrison, 23, was shot and killed while staying with her father, Kris Harrison, at his family home in Prosper, Texas.
Lucy, a fashion buyer from Warrington, in the UK, had traveled to the US with her boyfriend, Sam Littler. The pair were due to fly home on January 10, 2025.
Yet on the day of her intended departure, Lucy was shot dead by her own father, with an inquest in Cheshire Coroner’s Court, UK, being told by Littler that the two parties had been ‘having quite a big argument’.
Littler recalled that Lucy and her father often had disagreements over differing political stances, including the subject of gun ownership.
Sky News reports that the pair were arguing about Donald Trump on January 10, 2025, with Lucy having asked Kris how he would feel if she were sexually assaulted.
The dad allegedly replied that he wouldn’t be that upset, reportedly referring to the fact that he has two other daughters who live with him.
Littler said that Kris’s words caused Lucy to ‘run upstairs’ as a result of her ‘upset’.
The boyfriend also said Kris then took Lucy by her hand, leading her to his bedroom on the ground floor of the home. Around 15 seconds later, Littler recalled hearing a sudden bang and Kris shouting for his wife.
“I remember running into the room and Lucy was lying on the floor near the entrance to the bathroom, and Kris was just screaming, just sort of nonsense,” Littler said.
Kris Harrison was heard screaming, ‘I don’t know, I don’t know, call 911,’ moments after the shooting, the inquest heard.
A grand jury resolved that no one would be prosecuted over Lucy’s death, declining to indict Kris in June, 2025.
The UK inquest heard how Kris had previously been to rehab for alcohol addiction, with the father himself admitting in a statement sent to the court that he had relapsed on the day of the shooting, drinking about 500ml of white wine.
Kris said in a statement: “There isn’t a day I don’t feel the weight of that loss – a weight I will carry for the rest of my life, and I know that nothing I say can ease the heartbreak this tragedy has caused.”
He concluded: “I am deeply sorry for the pain others feel from this tragedy. Lucy’s spirit – her warmth, her humour, her kindness – will live on in all of us who loved her.”
