# Cheshire Police cite jurisdictional limits in Texas shooting investigation

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/uk-police-tell-mother-of-british-woman-shot-and-killed-by-her-father-in-texas-they-have-no-authority-to-intervene-in-her-fight-for-justice/
- Published: 2026-10-31T14:50:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T15:07:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16254653/UK-police-woman-killed-father-Texas-no-authority.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- Cheshire Police say they cannot intervene in the US case.
- A grand jury declined to indict Lucy Harrison’s father.
- Her mother travelled to Texas seeking a renewed investigation.

## Summary

British police have told Lucy Harrison’s mother they cannot intervene in the US investigation into her daughter’s death, citing legal and jurisdictional limits. The 23-year-old from Warrington was shot in Texas in January 2025, and a US grand jury declined to indict her father, despite a British coroner ruling her death unlawful.

Jane Coates has asked Cheshire Police to gather evidence in Britain and liaise with US authorities, while her lawyer says the family believes evidence may not have been properly examined. Police said investigating is severely constrained because the suspect, witnesses and evidence are overseas. Coates travelled more than 4,000 miles to Texas in September to ask prosecutors to reopen the case; records indicate the shooting was treated as accidental from the outset and her father was not arrested.

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