Dad shot daughter after 'arguing about Donald Trump'

[RandySF]

A British woman who was shot dead by her father while visiting his home in Texas had argued with him about US President Donald Trump earlier that day, an inquest has heard.

Lucy Harrison, from Warrington in Cheshire, was shot in the chest on 10 January 2025 in Prosper, near Dallas.

Police in the town investigated the 23-year-old's death as possible manslaughter but no criminal case was brought against Kris Harrison after a grand jury in Collin County declined to indict him.

An inquest into Lucy Harrison's death opened earlier at Cheshire Coroner's Court, where her boyfriend Sam Littler described the "big argument" about Trump, who was preparing to be inaugurated for his second term of office.





https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyk917xy8no

[artemisia1]

1. Horrible. Wish she had stayed away from that psycho. Being a Trump lover is a good signal of bad character.

[RandySF]

3. I can't get past the no indictment part.

[artemisia1]

4. It's Texas. Fathers are allowed to discipline their daughters in Red States. (SARCASM)

[D_Master81]

19. Probably "feared for his life"

You know he argued it. Probably said his daughter went crazy and had Trump Derangement Syndrome.

[Laffy Kat]

2. It's hard to believe he wasn't indicted. nt

[Maru Kitteh]

46. As a woman, I don't find it difficult to believe at all.

Not one bit.

[Laffy Kat]

47. You're right. nt

[Mordred]

5. Man

I guess he stood his ground, protected his castle or feared for his life from a foreign invader....

[HeliPhone]

6. I feel horrible for the father

Reading the article it appears to be a tragic accident. Hopefully he'll find peace.

[obamanut2012]

8. He murdered her

[Thunder Chicken]

40. No he didn't

This was a homicide not a murder. Murder is a very specific legal term. He was never convicted of murder, therefore he did not murder her. Words have meanings people. I thought we were smarter and better than this.

[Torchlight]

43. You do realize courts of law and discussion boards are different forums, yes?

I think restricting all word-usage here to only legal definitions would be foolish.

[yardwork]

9. Do you feel horrible for the dead woman and the rest of her family?

You joined DU just to defend the killer.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Ignorant and uneducated handling of a gun is not an accident.

He had no experience or formal training on how to use the gun and had reportedly never even shot it before. Pure negligence.

[B.See]

12. right.

welcome to DU.

[Scrivener7]

13. Yeah. And Ted Bundy. How sad his murders were for him too, right?

[Torchlight]

15. Sounds sincerious

Good luck

[bluestarone]

16. Sounds like you are the type that would feel sorry for the killer

[Emile]

17. So for your first post you are saying the father

is an irresponsible gun owner, and you feel sorry for him?

[ProfessorGAC]

18. You Lost?

Seems like you went north on the internet when you meant to go south.

[niyad]

21. Did you forget the sarcasm thingy? Were you actually reading

the linked article, or something else entirely? A "father" who says it wouldn't bother him too much if his daughter were raped because he has other daughters at home (someone should call social services)? Shaking my hurting head here.

Sadly, someone clearly wasted a heart.

[AloeVera]

29. One single post, no recs, yet 3 hearts.

How does that work? I'm curious.

[Polybius]

32. Insane that that poster has more hearts than I do n/t

[niyad]

37. You both have three. Very weird.

[niyad]

36. Very odd.

[Scrivener7]

39. And it wasn't a self-heart. But they sure are socking those hearts away.

[Cirsium]

26. You have got to be kidding

The rest of us have been "reading the article," too. Were you hoping we wouldn't?

[PatSeg]

35. What an insensitive thing to say

[LetMyPeopleVote]

42. Welcome to DU

[boonecreek]

7. So if you're a Trumper in Texas

you can kill someone for disagreeing with you?
He picked it up and it just went off? Uhuh.

[Scrivener7]

14. After very deliberately bringing her into the room where the gun was.

[Emile]

11. Right-wing weirdos should all be disarmed.

[D_Master81]

20. And they say we have Trump Derangement Syndrome

Good Lord you just killed your kid over Trump. That has to be the most deranged thing Ive ever heard.

[niyad]

22. Well, there have been people who have killed their children because

of the demons inside them, meaning the children.

[flvegan]

23. What am I missing here? So allegedly, he got drunk, shot his daughter

but couldn't remember if he had his finger on the trigger. Only two people in the room. Who pulled the trigger, tiny flying monkeys? Maggie Simpson? Come on. I get we may not have specific intent or mens rea, but...whatever.

The big Trump argument is a red herring.

[Ilsa]

30. The BBC has a pretty good write-up:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg6pm70r1lo

[flvegan]

34. Thanks for that link. I'm still

missing the part where 5 alleged witnesses weren't enough, unless they witnessed something altogether different than what these articles have suggested.

Or I'm just missing the part in the "heavily redacted police report" where the father and the DA are old frat buddies or something.

[niyad]

38. I hate to tell you the image I have about how it played out, thinking about

his response to her question about thee epstein sickos.

[JoseBalow]

24. Remember, guns don't kill people...

Oh wait, yes they do.

[purr-rat beauty]

25. He murdered her

It's not that difficult to know where a trigger is, how a safety works, to not chamber a round, nor aim it at someone.

He murdered her

[chouchou]

27. Why did he have a loaded gun while having a conversation about politics?

Something sounds fishy..

[struggle4progress]

31. "Say It in Texanese" (An English-Texanese Phrase Book)

English: She didn't support Trump
Texanese: She needed killing

[MustLoveBeagles]

33. That's whacked

That poor woman 😔

[Jacson6]

41. I have a stand fast rule for when visiting family. Never talk politics or religion.

I will just make someone mad.

[Mr. Sparkle]

44. Texas is such a corrupt shithole , it should be sold back to Mexico to see if they can make a better go at it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. This asshole is a member of a cult