"Lucy Harrison, 23, who lived in Warrington and worked as a fashion buyer for Boohoo, was shot in the chest with a semi-automatic handgun by Kris Harrison while staying at his home in Prosper, Texas, on 10 January last year. Kris Harrison, an alcoholic who had been drinking earlier in the day, pointed the gun at his daughter and pulled the trigger, senior coroner Jacqueline Devonish ruled."
"He was never charged by Texas police in relation to her death, after claiming the gun went off accidentally while he lifted it to show her. At the conclusion of the two-day hearing at Cheshire coroner's court, Devonish found Harrison knew full well he had shot his own daughter, pointing a gun at chest height and pulling the trigger. She ruled Lucy died due to unlawful killing on the grounds of gross negligence manslaughter."
"Sam Littler, Lucy's boyfriend, who was with her on the trip, told the inquest she had become upset earlier that day after having quite a big argument with her father about Trump, who was due to be inaugurated as president later that month. Lucy had asked her father: How would you feel if I was the girl in that situation and I'd been sexually assaulted? He responded that it would not upset him that much."
Lucy Harrison, 23, of Warrington and a fashion buyer for Boohoo, was shot in the chest with a semi-automatic handgun by her father, Kris Harrison, while staying at his home in Prosper, Texas, on 10 January. Kris Harrison had been drinking and pointed the gun at chest height before pulling the trigger. Texas police did not charge him after he claimed the firearm discharged accidentally. Senior coroner Jacqueline Devonish found that he knew he had shot his daughter and ruled her death an unlawful killing on grounds of gross negligence manslaughter. Friends and her boyfriend said Lucy felt anxious and was anti-gun in his home.
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