MINNEAPOLIS — For blocks stretching out from Annunciation Catholic Church and School, trees and light posts are hugged by blue and green ribbons. Just days after the shooting, volunteers took action to literally wrap support around the grieving community.

While national media attention has turned elsewhere, the momentum in Minneapolis hasn’t slowed down.

“The goal is, after just unimaginable, tragic heartbreak, how do we overwhelm it with love?” said Sarah Henning, one of the organizers behind the Bows of Love effort.

That mindset is one that has spread deep within the south Minneapolis community and beyond, with a memorial site overflowing with vibrant flowers and different community-driven events for the Annunciation community each night. There have been prayer services and vigils, no

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