Gerald Stanley, accused in the shooting death of Colten Boushie, is facing new charges.
RCMP said they have charged Stanley with two counts of unsafe storage of a firearm.
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Stanley, 55, was charged with second-degree murder after Boushie, 22, was shot dead on a rural property in the RM of Glenside near Biggar, Sask., on Aug. 9.
Police said the new charges are related to the events of that day.
Stanley appeared Wednesday in North Battleford provincial court on the new charges.
His next appearance is scheduled to take place during a preliminary hearing scheduled to take place over five days starting on April 3, 2017.
Boushie was in a vehicle that drove onto Stanley’s property in the RM of Glenside on Aug. 9.
He and the other occupants were confronted by the property owners who they didn’t know, according to police.
Boushie, from the Red Pheasant First Nation, was shot and killed.
Stanley has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and is free on bail.
The case has stirred racial tensions in the province. Some comments on social media sites have been anti-First Nation, while others have supported vigilante justice against the suspect.
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Boushie’s family has called for an out-of-province lead investigator and Crown prosecutor for the case.
Family members said they made the request because of how they feel they have been treated along with allegations that evidence has been mishandled.
With files from Ryan Kessler and The Canadian Press
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