Friends sit outside Bryan Rankin's funeral

April 14, 2012 | 6:05 p.m. CDT

Devon Hicks, 18, sits outside Urban Empowerment for Bryan Rankin's funeral Saturday afternoon. Hicks was in St. Louis when he found out about Rankin's death and said, "he was like my little brother."

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