{"id":418518,"date":"2026-02-10T19:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/418518\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T19:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:11:08","slug":"british-woman-23-shot-dead-by-dad-after-arguing-about-donald-trump-inquest-hears-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/418518\/","title":{"rendered":"British woman, 23, shot dead by dad after arguing about Donald Trump, inquest hears | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 23-year-old British woman who was shot dead by her father had argued with him about Donald Trump earlier that day, an inquest has heard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/british-family-utterly-heartbroken-after-woman-fatally-shot-in-texas-13307982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lucy Harrison<\/a>, a fashion buyer from Warrington, Cheshire, was staying with her father, Kris Harrison, and his family at their home in Prosper, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/texas-5755\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas<\/a>, in January last year.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Harrison&#8217;s boyfriend, Sam Littler, who made the trip with her, told <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/cheshire-6018\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cheshire<\/a> Coroner&#8217;s Court she would often become upset with her father when he spoke about his gun ownership.<\/p>\n<p>He said that on the morning of 10 January &#8211; when the couple were due to fly home &#8211; Ms Harrison and her father argued about <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/donald-trump-5711\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kris and Lucy ended up having quite a big argument which led to Lucy running upstairs and being upset,&#8221; Mr Littler said.<\/p>\n<p>He said Ms Harrison asked her father how he&#8217;d feel if she was sexually assaulted.<\/p>\n<p>Her father replied that he had two other daughters who lived with him so it would not upset him that much, the inquest heard.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/skynews-donald-trump-national-prayer-breakfast_7156488.jpg\"   alt=\"Donald Trump\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Donald Trump<\/p>\n<p>Then, Mr Littler said, about half an hour before they were due to leave for the airport, Mr Harrison took his daughter by the hand and led her into his ground-floor bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>He said he heard a loud bang some 15 seconds later, before Mr Harrison started screaming for his wife, Heather.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Littler said: &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/teenager-sentenced-for-murder-of-12-year-old-leo-ross-who-was-stabbed-in-random-attack-13505547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Teen sentenced for murder of 12-year-old<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/drug-dealer-inspired-by-home-alone-rigged-house-with-booby-traps-13505690\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Home Alone-inspired drug dealer rigged house with traps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ms Harrison, who worked for fashion brand Boohoo, was described as a &#8220;real force of life&#8221; by her mother, Jane Coates.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;She cared. She was passionate about things. She loved to have debates about things that meant a lot to her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The inquest was also told that Mr Harrison had previously been to rehab for alcohol addiction.<\/p>\n<p>He did not attend the hearing, but his representative, Ana Samuel, said it was &#8220;more akin to a criminal investigation than a fact-finding inquiry&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The inquest is expected to conclude on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 23-year-old British woman who was shot dead by her father had argued with him about Donald Trump&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-418518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}