Hundreds line road as Marine laid to rest in Chattanooga

Mourners salute as United States Marines carry the casket of U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David Wyatt out of Hixson United Methodist Church after his funeral service Friday, July 24, 2015, in Hixson, Tenn. Staff Sgt. Wyatt was killed in the July, 16 shootings at the Naval Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center on Amnicola Highway which left six dead, including shooter Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, and a Chattanooga police officer wounded. (Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press)

By Associated Press July 24, 2015 1 min read

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) – Hundreds of people filled a church in Chattanooga to remember a Marine killed in the attack on a Navy-Marine reserve center.

Along the route to Chattanooga National Cemetery, hundreds more waited for hours for the funeral procession of Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, among five servicemen killed in the attack July 16.

Media outlets reported many saluted, waved flags and held their hands over their hearts as the procession drove by Friday afternoon.

Wyatt’s funeral was the first for the four Marines and one sailor killed by 24-year-old gunman Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez. Abdulazeez was killed and a police officer was wounded in a shootout with police. Other services are scheduled through Tuesday.

Wyatt grew up in Arkansas. He was deployed three times, including twice to Iraq. He was married with two children.