Columbia community honors Sterling Wyatt

July 13, 2012 | 8:42 p.m. CDT

Community members honored Army Spc. Sterling Wyatt on Friday afternoon by placing American flags around his home and childhood school.

On Friday, two days after the death of Rock Bridge High graduate Sterling Wyatt, flags line the front yard of the Wyatt family house on Shepard Boulevard. Friends, family and community members placed about 1,000 flags around the house and Shepard Elementary School while rain fell. | Dak Dillon

Members of the Columbia community pick up flags to place around Shepard Elementary School on Friday. Wyatt attended Shepard Elementary School and graduated from Rock Bridge High School. | Dak Dillon

A flag ribbon sits on a sign post outside Shepard Elementary School. Flags, ribbons and balloons were placed in honor of Sterling Wyatt around his old elementary school and his family's house on Friday. | Dak Dillon

Jeff Simkins, Boy Scouts Cub Master of Pack 733, helps Maranatha Prenger, 14, place flags on Audubon Drive on Friday. Wyatt was a former member of Pack 733. | Dak Dillon