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Tiffany Smith, 27, of Cleveland, Ohio, died on December 5, 2014, in an incident that resulted in another woman’s death and later criminal trials. The confrontation began at Joe’s Drive-Thru in Lockland after Smith’s daughter became involved with another girl; tensions escalated when the daughter and the other party’s niece clashed and Tiffany Smith was called to the scene.

At the drive-thru, Smith pistol-whipped and then shot Lacy King, who died. Smith maintained she acted in self-defense and in defense of her daughter, but a court convicted her of murder and felonious assault. She was sentenced to 21 years to life and was incarcerated at the Dayton Correctional Institution.

The case focused on whether Smith’s use of deadly force could be justified to protect a child and on how the events at the fast-food parking area escalated into a fatal encounter. Does anyone have additional information about the altercation at Joe’s Drive-Thru or the people who were present that day?