A 23‑year‑old British woman was shot dead while staying with her father in Texas last year after the pair argued about President Donald Trump, an inquest has heard.
According to 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 couple were due to fly home on January 10, 2025.
But on the day she was meant to leave, Lucy was shot dead by her father. At Cheshire Coroner’s Court in the UK, Littler told the inquest that the two had been “having quite a big argument.”
Littler recalled that Lucy and her father often clashed over their opposing political views, including gun ownership.
Sky News reports that the pair were arguing about Donald Trump on January 10, 2025, when Lucy asked Kris how he would feel if she were sexually assaulted. He allegedly replied that he wouldn’t be that upset, reportedly referring to the fact that he had two other daughters living with him.
Littler said Kris’s words caused Lucy to “run upstairs” because she was “upset.”
He also said Kris then took Lucy by the hand and led her to his bedroom on the ground floor. About 15 seconds later, Littler heard 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 shouting, “I don’t know, I don’t know, call 911,” moments after the shooting, the inquest heard.
A grand jury later decided no one would be prosecuted over Lucy’s death, declining to indict Kris in June 2025.
The UK inquest heard that Kris had previously been to rehab for alcohol addiction, and he admitted in a statement that he had relapsed on the day of the shooting, drinking about 500ml of white wine.
Kris said in his 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.”
