{"id":31859,"date":"2025-06-27T18:18:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T18:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/no-criminal-charges-over-british-woman-shot-dead-in-us\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T18:18:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T18:18:52","slug":"no-criminal-charges-over-british-woman-shot-dead-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/no-criminal-charges-over-british-woman-shot-dead-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"No criminal charges over British woman shot dead in US"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Lucy Harrison was shot dead during a holiday in Texas<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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US authorities have said no criminal charges will be made over the death of a British woman who was shot during a holiday.<\/p>\n

Lucy Harrison, 23, from Warrington, was visiting her father in the town of Prosper in Texas when she was fatally wounded on 10 January.<\/p>\n

The local district attorney’s office confirmed “the grand jury voted a no-bill, which means there will be no criminal charges related to the death”.<\/p>\n

In a tribute released to the Warrington Guardian<\/a>, Ms Harrison’s mother Jane Coates said: “Although we have tried so hard to prepare for this moment, it is a brutal outcome to accept.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The exact circumstances of how Ms Harrison was shot have not been publicly revealed<\/a>. <\/p>\n

A heavily redacted police report previously said a suspect had been identified by officers, along with five witnesses, at her father’s property.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Coates said a grand jury, which had since reviewed the case, “concluded that the evidence didn’t meet the threshold for criminal charges”.<\/p>\n

“This means that, as far as they are concerned, there will be no criminal charges for the person who shot Lucy.”<\/p>\n

She added her family found it “baffling and beyond comprehension” that there would be “no accountability for what happened to my daughter”.<\/p>\n

“The international element, coupled with a different legal system, practice and thresholds, makes the outcome even harder and more frustrating to accept.”<\/p>\n

Along with Ms Harrison’s partner, Sam Littler, she said she would “welcome learning more from communities and groups in Texas who are working to prevent gun deaths”.<\/p>\n

Ms Coates added her daughter, who studied sociology and took part in college debates, would have been a “fierce advocate of this”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Littler, who met Ms Harrison when they attended the same school, said: “This outcome has left us baffled, heartbroken and it has been incredibly frustrating to understand the thresholds and legal system in Texas.”<\/p>\n

He said he was “one of the very fortunate ones who met ‘their person’ at a very young age and I will be forever grateful to experience that, even for just one minute”.<\/p>\n

“Like Jane, I miss the smiles, the belly laughs, and how passionate and driven she was when she talked about her work.”<\/p>\n

A UK coroner is due to hold an inquest over Ms Harrison’s death at a later date, Ms Coates said.<\/p>\n

About 400 people attended her daughter’s funeral at a church in Warrington, where the young couple had recently bought a home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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