Felon surrenders after boy dies

SEATTLE – A convicted felon sought by law enforcement agencies in Washington a day after a 4-year-old boy died of a gunshot wound at his small-town home surrendered Monday.

An autopsy also revealed the boy died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a Sedro-Woolley home, as officers originally believed.

Trevor Braymiller called authorities in Sedro-Woolley on Monday afternoon to arrange his surrender, police Chief Doug Wood said.

People at the house indicated the boy shot himself, but investigators suspected a homicide and Braymiller fled. The 4-year-old was the son of Braymiller’s girlfriend.

Braymiller, a felon convicted of selling drugs, is not supposed to have a gun, police said.

The gun they believe was used in the shooting was found Sunday by a Washington State Patrol explosives-sniffing dog under the stairs of a church about a half-block from the house where the child was shot.