At first, Mallory Smith thought the bang was a nearby car crash. Then her neighbor yelled: “Look out your window! I think they shot your son!” There was her firstborn, spilling out in the street.

Mallory Smith is pictured on a beach in Wailea on the cover of her memoir, “Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life.” Photo courtesy of Diane Shader Smith PUKALANI — Californian Mallory Smith ...