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Seattle Mayor asks public's help in finding shooter

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SEATTLE, Wash.- A woman relatives say moved to Seattle to start a new life is now fighting for it after someone shot her in a drive-by shooting.

Nicole Westbrook, 21, remains in critical condition. She recently moved to Seattle from Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Police say Westbrook was shot early Sunday morning while walking home with her boyfriend in the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Police believe it was a random shooting.         

Westbrook was taking culinary classes at the Art Institute of Seattle and planned to become a chef. Marcia Westbrook describes her sister as a beautiful Navajo woman who was just starting a new life.

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and police are asking for the public's help in finding the shooter.

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