how did they provoke a violent confrontation with army vet, chad wallin-reed? zed. but that was not the story lewis smyth had to tell. lewis' version began an hour's drive away in susanville, california, population almost 18,000. home to two state prisons, two movie theatres, and on july 4th weekend, 2011, some restless young men in search of fun. it was lewis, of course, and his very best friend, 20-year-old junior college student named rory mcguire. >> he was the center of attention wherever he went. >> narrator: all eyes were on rory. in fact, right from the start. that amazing shock of red hair at birth, surprising even his own mother, carol. >> his name was going to be colin. and then he came out with the red hair, and i had to look through a baby name book and i found that the name rory, which means red king in irish. and so hence rory colin mcguire. >> narrator: and that red hair came with a personality to match. >> there was only one rory, and everyone knew who it was. he was vivacious, he was creati creative, he was exciting, he was funny. he was the li