British Woman Shot Dead by Father After Trump and Gun Ownership Fight
Lucy Harrison was supposed to be heading to the airport. Instead, her boyfriend Sam Littler found her dying on the floor of her father's bedroom in Texas, a gunshot wound to her chest. Just half an hour earlier, the 23-year-old from Warrington had been arguing with her dad about Donald Trump and his guns. Now she was gone.She'd flown to Prosper, Texas, with Littler for what should've been a Christmas holiday with her father Kris Harrison and his family. But things were tense. An inquest at Cheshire Coroner's Court heard on Tuesday how Lucy would get upset whenever her father talked about guns. On the morning of 10 January last year—the day they were meant to fly home—it all came to a head.It Started With TrumpLucy and her father got into what Littler called 'quite a big argument' about Donald Trump. But this wasn't some casual disagreement. It got heated.At some point, Lucy asked her father how he'd feel if she was the girl in a situation where she'd been sexually assaulted. His answer? He had two other daughters living with him, so it wouldn't upset him that much. Just think about that for a second. Your daughter asks you a question like that, looking for reassurance—and that's what you say back.Lucy was gutted. She ran upstairs in tears. About half an hour later, her father took her by the hand and walked her into his ground-floor bedroom. Littler stayed outside. Fifteen seconds later, he heard a bang. Then screaming. Kris Harrison was screaming for his wife. Littler ran in and found Lucy lying near the bathroom entrance. Her father was just standing there, screaming what Littler described as 'just sort of nonsense'. Medical reports later confirmed Lucy had been shot from medium range—a single gunshot to the chest. She died that afternoon at hospital. Toxicology came back clean.
Lucy with her father, Kris
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And No One's Been ChargedHere's the bit that'll make your blood boil: a grand jury in Collin County decided not to indict Kris Harrison. Police investigated it as possible manslaughter. They had a suspect—obviously, since only two people were in that room and one of them died. But the grand jury said no. No charges. No trial.The inquest heard that Kris Harrison had been to rehab for alcohol addiction. There were questions about whether he'd been properly trained with firearms, whether he even knew the gun was loaded. But he didn't show up to answer any of them. His lawyer tried to get the coroner kicked off the case, claiming possible bias. Lucy's mum's lawyer called it 'an ambush by Mr Harrison's legal team'. The coroner refused to step down.'She Loved to Have Debates About Things'Lucy's mum, Jane Coates, told the inquest her daughter was 'a real force of life'. She worked as a buyer for Boohoo, the fashion brand. She'd been to Manchester Metropolitan University. She loved travelling, loved experiencing new cultures. When Lucy died, her family said she 'lived life fiercely and fearlessly' and had this 'huge capacity to love and be loved'. They said she was thriving. Really thriving.'She cared. She was passionate about things. She loved to have debates about things that meant a lot to her,' her mum said. Which makes the whole thing even more tragic. She was passionate. She debated. She stood up for what she believed in. And on that morning in January, she'd been debating with her father about Trump, about guns, about feeling safe—and hours later she was dead.What Actually Happened in That Bedroom?Only two people were in there—Lucy and her father. She's dead. He's not talking. The timeline's clear: big argument, Lucy runs upstairs crying, half hour passes, father takes daughter into his bedroom, fifteen seconds later there's a gunshot. What were they doing? Was the gun already out?Lucy wasn't daft to be worried. Statistics consistently show that having firearms in a home increases the risk of someone getting killed, especially with conflict or mental health issues involved. Kris Harrison had a history with alcohol. So you've got a bloke with addiction issues, who owns guns, who gets into political arguments with his daughter that upset her so much she runs away crying—and then one morning she ends up shot dead. But somehow, that's not enough for criminal charges.The inquest's expected to wrap up on Tuesday. But whatever verdict comes won't bring Lucy back or answer all the questions her family must have. A 23-year-old who was meant to be getting on a plane home ended up in a Texas morgue instead—all because she had a fight with her dad about Trump and guns. The very guns she'd been uncomfortable about all along.
