Additional charges laid against Gerald Stanley, accused in Colten Boushie killing

Gerald Stanley, the man charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Colten Boushie, is now facing additional charges.

The 54-year-old has now been charged with two counts of unsafe storage of a firearm. In August, he pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie.

Boushie was a passenger in a car with four other people when he was shot and killed on Aug. 9 on a farm near Biggar, Sask.

According to a police search warrant application,Boushieand four other peoplefrom the Red Pheasant First Nation south of NorthBattleford, Sask., spent the day drinking and swimming before taking items from a nearby farm. They then drove onto Stanley's property.

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The application goes on to say that people in the group started up a quad, and then were spotted by Stanley's son. The group ran toward their vehicle, a Ford Escape.

In the document, the police summarized that Gerald Stanley said that he and his son, Sheldon Stanley, both went running toward the group's SUV, and that the elder Stanleykicked the rear of the vehicle as it backed up. Then he went into his shop to get a handgun and load it, the document said.

"Gerald Stanley left the shop and walked towards the grey Ford Escape, he shot two rounds into the air as an attempt to scare the individuals away," the document says.

"Gerald Stanley agreed with Const. Gullacher when Const. Gullacher told him that Gerald Stanley went up to the driver's side window and shot the male driver once in the head and killed him," the document said.

Stanley was granted bail in August. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for April in North Battleford.

The case has ignited racial tensions in rural Saskatchewan.

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