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UK mom of daughter shot dead by Texas dad after fight about Trump slams cops for ignoring evidence

Nypost · · 640 words · By Nicholas McEntyre
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/09/us-news/uk-mom-of-daughter-lucy-harrison-shot-dead…

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7 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Lucy Harrison, who lived with her mom in Warrington, England, was killed by a gunshot wound to the heart as she was preparing to fly back to the UK on Jan. 10, 2025.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm Lucy Harrison, from Warrington, was killed on January 10, 2025, in Texas. While the specific 'gunshot wound to the heart' detail is not explicitly in the snippets, the death by shooting on that date and location is confirmed by multiple news reports.
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 28, 2025 · After Lucy is kidnapped and forced to traffic the experimental drug CPH-4, surgically hidden in her own body, the bag is broken, flooding her system with the drug and allowing her brain…
https://screenrant.com/lucy-ending-explained/
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web search NEUTRAL — Find out how and where to watch "Lucy" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ today – including 4K and free options.
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/lucy
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web search NEUTRAL — When a boyfriend tricks Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) into delivering a briefcase to a supposed business contact, the once-carefree student is abducted by thugs who intend to turn her into a drug...
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lucy_2014
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“Jane Coates was left with overwhelming anger after Kris Harrison was not charged in the 2025 death of their 23-year-old daughter, Lucy Harrison, at the fiber-optics company executive’s home in Prosper, Texas.”
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Multiple sources confirm Lucy Harrison (23) died at the home of Kris Harrison in Prosper, Texas, and that Jane Coates expressed anger over the lack of charges.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jane Coates was left with overwhelming anger after Kris Harrison was not charged in the 2025 death of their 23-year-old daughter, Lucy Harrison, at the fiber-optics company executive's home in ...
https://nypost.com/2026/05/09/us-news/uk-mom-of-daughter-luc…
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web search NEUTRAL — What we know about fatal shooting of Lucy Harrison after 'big argument' with dad about Trump Harrison died after her father's gun went off in his hands. A Texas grand jury declined to indict him ...
https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/02/12/dad-shoots-daughter-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — A manslaughter investigation was launched after Lucy Harrison, 23, from Warrington, Cheshire, was killed at her father Kris's house in Prosper, Texas, on January 10, 2025.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/british-graduate-23-was…
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“Kris Harrison, 52, was initially investigated for possible manslaughter, but officials ultimately did not bring any criminal charges in the case.”
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Sources confirm a manslaughter investigation was launched and that a Texas grand jury declined to indict/bring criminal charges against Kris Harrison.
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2013, she hosted a six week long pop culture-driven daytime talk show, called Kris. Following her family's decision to sign off from E! in 2021, they then went on to star in The Kardashians on Hulu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Jenner
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 6, 2025 · Kris Jenner officially celebrated her 70th birthday this week, and in true Kris fashion, it became a global headline.
https://creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/kris-jenner-turns…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · The Kardashians icon Kris Jenner is reportedly annoyed that her $300,000 facelift isn't looking as fresh as it did a year ago – and I can relate.
https://www.hellomagazine.com/tags/kris-jenner/
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“Lucy’s death was ruled accidental by a Texas grand jury last June”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that a Texas grand jury ruled the death accidental (or declined to indict) in June.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lucy’s death was ruled accidental by a Texas grand jury last June — a decision her mom, Jane Coates, called “baffling” and “beyond comprehension.” Filed under.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/16/us-news/drunken-texas-dad-desc…
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web search NEUTRAL — A grand jury in Texas declined to indict Mr. Harrison after the shooting. The British inquest, in its conclusion, found that Mr. Harrison had accidentally discharged the gun while showing it to Lucy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/world/europe/lucy-harriso…
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web search NEUTRAL — A grand jury in Texas - consisting of 12 people - last June found no one deserving of prosecution.However, UK coroner Jacqueline Devonish ruled that Lucy's death was an unlawful killing as a result of…
https://www.tyla.com/news/crime/lucy-harrison-shot-texas-fat…
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“The drunken father, who told police he was an alcoholic and had relapsed and drank a 17-ounce carton of white wine hours before the shooting, claimed he was only showing off his Glock 9mm handgun when it accidentally went off.”
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Sources confirm Kris Harrison described himself as a 'functioning alcoholic' and claimed the Glock 9mm handgun discharged accidentally while he was showing it to Lucy.
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web search NEUTRAL — 'Functioning alcoholic' Kris Harrison claimed his fashion buyer daughter Lucy, 23, who was passionately anti-guns, had asked to see his Glock 9mm pistol, which he had not been trained to use.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15550957/moment-Briti…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to his account, he offered to show Lucy his Glock 9mm handgun, which he said he kept for family security. As he lifted the firearm, he said, it 'suddenly discharged' and Lucy fell. He stated…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/maga-kris-harrison-fatally-shoots-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The first-ever shooting competition exclusively for home-assembled firearms—or so-called “ghost guns”—was held in late June at a Florida gun range.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4dBuPJ9p7A
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“Hours before the shooting, the father-daughter duo got into a heated political argument involving Donald Trump, who — at the time — was days away from being inaugurated for his second term in office, according to Lucy’s boyfriend, Sam Littler”
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Multiple sources, including Snopes, confirm that Sam Littler testified that Lucy and her father had a political argument about Donald Trump hours before the shooting.
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web search NEUTRAL — According to Littler, tensions escalated when Lucy posed a personal question to her father during the exchange. “How would you feel if I were the girl in that situation and I'd been sexually assaulted…
https://www.citizen.digital/article/father-shot-and-killed-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kris X Lucy Harrison. Dad's final words say a different truth about the daughter shooting incident.The Argument Before The Daughter Shooting. According to testimony, Lucy grew upset when her father sp…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tragic-family-dispute-over-trump-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sam Littler, Lucy Harrison's partner, told that inquest Harrison and her father argued about Trump hours before the shooting. The inquest did not directly link the argument to the shooting. An inquest…
https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/02/12/dad-shoots-daughter-t…
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“Cheshire Senior Coroner Jacqueline Devonish conducted her own investigation and concluded Lucy Harrison died from an “unlawful killing.””
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Sources explicitly state that UK coroner Jacqueline Devonish ruled the death an 'unlawful killing' as a result of gross negligence manslaughter.
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web search NEUTRAL — Cheshire (/ ˈtʃɛʃər, - ɪər / CHESH-ər, -eer) [3] is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the e…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire
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web search NEUTRAL — Cheshire's name was originally derived from an early name for Chester, and was first recorded as Legeceasterscir in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, [2] meaning the shire of the city of legions. [3] Althoug…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cheshire
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Cheshire, geographic and historic county and former administrative county of northwestern England, bordering Wales to the west, fronting the Dee and Mersey estuaries to the northwest, and…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Cheshire-county-England
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