Farm shooting case heads to preliminary inquiry
The details of a controversial case related to the death of Colten Boushie will be examined during a preliminary hearing at North Battleford Provincial Court starting next week.
Gerald Stanley, 55, is facing charges of second-degree murder related to the August 9, 2016, incident on Stanley’s farmyard, near Biggar. Boushie, a 22-year-old Red Pheasant First Nation man, was killed in the incident.
Based on earlier reports of the allegations related to the incident, Stanley had been accused of shooting and killing Boushie on August 9, 2016, on the Stanley’s farm property. According to the RCMP, Boushie was in a vehicle that was driven onto the site when a confrontation erupted.
According to a CBC report, Boushie was said to have been in the passenger seat, with four other people in the vehicle. His family had said the group was trying to get help to fix a flat tire at the time.