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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.

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[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

If only there a way to reduce the risk of killing family members.

[–] ARANDOMTURKISHGUY@lemmy.world 30 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

What is going on earth? İs this real? Did he shoot his daughter because of Trump?

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 16 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (5 children)

What the article says is they disagreed on guns and argued about Trump. They went into his room to look at his 9mm glock and according to him the gun went of and he didn't realize his finger was on the trigger. He relapsed to alcohol and was drunk at the time.

He said: "As I lifted the gun to show her I suddenly heard a loud bang. I did not understand what had happened. Lucy immediately fell."

Harrison said he could not recall whether his finger was on the trigger.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 37 minutes ago

I did not understand what had happened.

Maybe he shouldn't be allowed to own guns, just a thought.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 5 points 1 hour ago

I bet he's telling the truth. Which is all kinds of even sadder than if he had shot her out of rage for a disagreement.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 hour ago

Wow sounds like he really won that argument huh

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

His finger was absolutely on the trigger, and he pulled it. Glocks don't just go off. They're pretty well engineered.

[–] abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

On the trigger or not, that's exactly why you never "show" someone a loaded gun. Unless we are at a range and we've already done all the safety training and I feel that you've got a grasp of it, I'm not keeping a loaded gun in my hands around anyone I don't plan on shooting.

It was pure negligence. Plain and simple. And now his daughter is dead. Accident or not, he ignored the rules and someone died from that negligence.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 hour ago

I don't think it was negligence, I think it was murder that he played off as negligence.

[–] scala@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 hours ago

He was drunk and had a gun.. How American.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah. A Taurus or a Sig, maybe. Not a Glock. There's a reason they're so popular. They reliably fire when the trigger is pulled and only when the trigger is pulled.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

Even if it was a Sig, it was only older model P322s that had that problem. Pistols firing without pulling the trigger isn't nearly as common as people (including, apparently, this jury) believe.

[–] fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Sunk-cost fallacy.

Trumpers don't want to admit to themselves or each other that they've been duped, so they just keep digging their hole deeper.

[–] ARANDOMTURKISHGUY@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Trump supporter=Erdogan supporter i think.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Sort of like the "Russia Russia Russia" people ...

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Oh no, sorry, the Russian that lives inside my washing machine just showed me a gif, and now my eyes are like those cartoon spirals of hypnotized people!

Send help!!

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