By M. Alex Johnson, Staff Writer, NBC News
Police in Washington state were searching for a convicted felon suspected of shooting and killing his girlfriend's 4-year-old son Sunday, police said.
The boy, whose name hasn't been released, was shot Sunday morning at the woman's home in Sedro-Woolley, in northern Washington, police told NBC station KING of Seattle.?He died at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon.
Sedro-Woolley Police Chief Doug Wood told The Skagit Valley Herald of Mount Vernon that the shooting was being investigated as a homicide.
Investigators were searching for Trevor Braymiller, 25, described as a white male, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighing 165 pounds, with brown hair and "scruffy" facial hair. Police said he was last seen wearing a bright red or orange shirt.
Police found a gun, believed to be the weapon that killed the boy, a few doors down from the scene, KING reported. Braymiller, the boy's mother, two other adults and another child were in the home at the time of the shooting, police said.
Wood said Braymiller should be considered armed and dangerous.
"Our concern is that he's going to force a confrontation with us in an emotional state," Wood said.
A former co-worker, Rueben Dreyer, told KING that Braymiller asked for a ride out of town.
"He said he went outside in the garage to smoke a cigarette, and he heard a boom and went back into the house, and his son wasn't moving," said Dreyer, who said Braymiller seemed scared and shaken but insisted he didn't shoot the boy.
"He must have gotten up and got (the gun). That's all he told me," Dreyer said.
Washington court records show that Braymiller has an extensive criminal record stretching to 2006.?In April, he pleaded guilty to felony possession of controlled substances in Skagit Valley Superior Court. The arrest report from July 2012 said he was found in possession of methamphetamine and heroin.
Police said Sunday that Braymiller was also involved in another drug raid in 2011, in which they seized weapons from him.
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This story was originally published on Sun Jul 21, 2013 11:17 PM EDT
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