The runners who race along Summit Avenue in St. Paul this weekend for the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon will see a poignant reminder of the mass shooting last month at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.

Hundreds of green and blue ribbons, representing the school colors, are being tied to trees along both sides of Summit from Cretin Avenue to the Capitol.

St. Paul resident Kristen Lyrek is helping lead the ribbon brigade in an effort to honor the students killed and wounded in the Aug. 27 attack. The students were celebrating the first Mass of the new school year when a shooter opened fire through a window, killing Harper Moyski, 10, and Fletcher Merkel, 8, and wounding 21 people. The shooter died by suicide, police said.

“We’re trying to wrap as many trees on Summit as possib

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