The exact circumstances of how Ms Harrison was shot have not been publicly revealed. A heavily redacted police report previously said a suspect had been identified by officers, along with five witnesses, at her father's property.

Has she been murdered by the police?

Stop going to the usa on holiday. Its not worth it.

It's extremely strange that no details have been released in this case. I kinda doubt it's actual full-bore corruption, that's still fairly rare here, but man for a case involving a foreign citizen it's sure suspicious they're so quiet about it. And even in texas there's so few situations where a fatal shooting doesn't merit charges. It seems a little far fetched for her to have, say, been mugging someone who then shot her in self-defense. Was she shot by some kind of trained combat armadillo? A senile centenarian who passed away during the investigation? A very small child? (actually those last two are feasible, though in both cases the owner of the firearm they got ahold of would probably have been charged, though it's texas so that isn't 100%). Those are the only sort of examples where this might be justified, but lets be honest it was probably the cops.

Just fucking weird. Her poor family.

Why won't they reveal the details? Who are they protecting, besides the shooter? I'm guessing some rich mofo's are involved in this.

My best guess is the shooter is either her father or a kid, you know dad goes native and answers the door with a gun now and whoops finger slipped. Or maybe the toddler next door got a hold of daddies pistol and pointed it at the woman in the neighbors lawn.

It seems like if it were the cops they'd just invoke qualified immunity, put the shooter on paid administrative leave and have the states budget pay off the coming lawsuit.

Shooting forigners is sport in texas

My guess is that someone completely screwed up some kind of gun safety step and the shooting was unintentional. Although that should result in some kind of negligence charges, I can see Texas giving a moron with a gun a free pass as long as 'they didn't mean too' or something other bullshit.

I note there is no information or statement from her father. Which is unusual, because it's his house where she was shot.

Did Elon Musk shoot her while on a K binge?

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Well, don't visit the US. This is just one of the many reasons to avoid that place.

YSK that Americans will liberally (!) provide, carry and use their weapons for everything except the second amendment intended purpose.

In a different universe, in a different timeline, maybe we wouldn't be stuck so far up America's arse and do something sensible like putting the damn country on a travel ban list.

The UK should expell US diplomats over this, or at least cease all US trade talks.

For Brits, while there's many possible worse interpretations, the usual reason for US law to function this way is if the weapon was fired by a very young child.

And yes, we have a "usual" regarding children getting their hands on firearms. That sucks in it's own special way.

US law seals many records in cases for child offenders.

If the weapon was fired by a child too young to understand firearms, that could result in no charges - although it's more usual to see a charge against the caretakers in such cases.

Disclaimer: Since tone doesn't convey in text - I want to clarify I'm not trying to advocate for the US system. I just want to share that there are explanations - in addition - to our usual ones.

None of what I've shared is meant to attempt to address the concerns that must come with having a gun culture.

Everything still sucks in this situation, and everyone has a right to how they feel about it.

Whatever else we feel, we can all agree we need to find ways to do better than this. Nothing is okay about this.

(And yes, I know I'm saying that in one country where this kind of thing still routinely happens.)

A lot of jumping to conclusions with very little evidence in this thread.