Police. 4-year-old Washington boy dies after being shot; felon flees, may be armed
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Police in Washington state say a convicted felon is on the run after a 4-year-old boy died Sunday of a gunshot at his home.
The Skagit Valley Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1bCLFkj) that Sedro-Woolley police are treating the shooting as a homicide.
Police believe 25-year-old Trevor Braymiller is armed and dangerous. Braymiller is a convicted felon and is not allowed to have firearms.
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Police responded to calls of a child shot early Sunday. Early reports said the child shot himself.
Lt. Lin Tucker says Braymiller was a father figure to the child, although not his biological father.
The boy was transported to Skagit Valley Hospital and was pronounced dead.
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Tucker says the house where the shooting occurred is well known to authorities. In 2011, police conducted a drug raid there.
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Information from: Skagit Valley Herald, http://www.skagitvalleyherald.com