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Battleford’s Court of Queen’s Bench is giving the public a first look into what RCMP officers saw when they responded to the shooting death of Colten Boushie on a farm near Biggar on Aug. 9, 2016.
Gerald Stanley, who owned the farm, is currently on trial for second-degree murder.
A series of evidence photographs taken by investigators that night and two days later was released to media on Jan. 31.
The photos detail the state of the grey Ford Escape Boushie was in, the firearms and ammunition found on Stanley’s property and more.
Combined with witness testimony from Stanley’s murder trial, the pictures detail different accounts of what happened the day Boushie died.
Witness testimonies have told court the grey SUV with Colten Boushie inside was attempting to leave the Gerald Stanley farm when they veered into a blue Ford Escape and crawled to a halt at the edge of a lawn. (RCMP)
A crime scene photo showing the SUV 22-year-old Colten Boushie was in when he was shot and killed on Aug. 9, 2016 on a farm owned by Gerald Stanley. (RCMP Photo)
A bullet casing with markings matching a bag of ammunition in Gerald Stanley's rests on the dashboard of the SUV Colten Boushie's body was found near. (RCMP)
A bullet casing with the marking "BXN 53" was found resting in the dashboard heating vent of the grey SUV Colten Boushie's body was found near. An agreed statement of facts in court says the casing came from Gerald Stanley's Tokarev handgun. (RCMP)
An overhead composite shot of Gerald Stanley's farmyard shows the quad court has heard was started, along with the blue Ford Escape the grey SUV collided with in the middle. The SUV Colten Boushie was found in rests on the edge of the lawn on the left. (RCMP)
An overhead shot of Stanley's farm indicates the path the grey SUV took when it entered the yard, according to tire tracks. A blue line shows the path they took to exit, leading to where the SUV stopped. (RCMP)
An ammunition bag found in Gerald Stanley's shed office contained live rounds and spent casings with the marking "BXN 53," matching the casing found on the dashboard of the grey SUV Colten Boushie was in. (RCMP)
Sheldon Stanley, Gerald Stanley's son, told court he and his father were working on a fence when they saw the grey SUV enter their yard. (RCMP)
Witnesses say either Cassidy Cross or Eric Meechance attempted to start a quad sitting near a work shed on Gerald Stanley's farm. An evidence placard marks where a damaged wheel rim on the grey SUV Colten Boushie was in began reversing when the confrontation began. (RCMP)
The front driver's-side tire of the SUV Colten Boushie was found near was discovered shredded by RCMP. (RCMP)
The grey SUV Colten Boushie's body was found near sits in an RCMP secure bay with a shredded front tire and broken windshield. Witnesses say the tire popped on a culvert, while Sheldon Stanley hit the windshield with a framing hammer. (RCMP)
Evidence placards mark the spots of two bullet casings with the marking "BXN 53." An agreed statement of facts says the casings came from Gerald Stanley's Tokarev handgun. (RCMP)
The grey SUV Colten Boushie's body was found near rests feet away from a riding lawn mower on Gerald Stanley's farm. Stanley's son Sheldon told court his mother Leesa was mowing the lawn when the confrontation began. (RCMP)
A gun box with two handguns, a Tokarev and a Ruger, was found in a closet in Gerald Stanley's home. An agreed statement of facts says the Tokarev fired three shots during the confrontation with a grey SUV, where Colten Boushie ended up being shot dead. (RCMP)
An agreed statement of facts says this Tokarev handgun, registered to Gerald Stanley, fired three shots on the day Colten Boushie was killed. (RCMP)
A Ruger revolver pistol was found in a gun box in Gerald Stanley's home. (RCMP)
Two firearms were found in a bedroom in Gerald Stanley's home. (RCMP)
Two firearms were found in a bedroom in Gerald Stanley's home. (RCMP)
Five firearms and two pellet guns were found on racks and leaning against the wall in Gerald Stanley's basement. (RCMP)
Five firearms and two pellet guns were found on racks and leaning against the wall in Gerald Stanley's basement. (RCMP)
Five firearms and two pellet guns were found on racks and leaning against the wall in Gerald Stanley's basement. (RCMP)
Five firearms and two pellet guns were found on racks and leaning against the wall in Gerald Stanley's basement. (RCMP)
Several corroded bullet casings with the marking "BXN 53" were found near the steps of the Stanley family home. Sheldon Stanley, Gerald's son, said they would shoot magpies for target practice from the area. (RCMP)
Drops of Colten Boushie's blood were found on a stock-less rifle laying near his body on Gerald Stanley's farm. The .22-calibre gun had a bent barrel, damaged bolt and was missing a trigger guard. (RCMP)
Drops of Colten Boushie's blood were found on a stock-less rifle laying near his body on Gerald Stanley's farm. The .22-calibre gun had a bent barrel, damaged bolt and was missing a trigger guard. (RCMP)
A stock-less rifle with a bent barrel, damaged bolt and missing trigger guard was found near Colten Boushie's body. Witnesses in the same SUV said they broke it while trying to smash a truck window on another farm. (RCMP)
A live round was found in the chamber of a broken .22-calibre rifle found near Colten Boushie's body. The rifle was stock-less, with a bent barrel and damaged bolt. (RCMP)
Several live rounds and spent casings for a .22 rifle were found on the floor of the grey SUV Colten Boushie's body was found near. Eric Meechance told court they had been shooting cans from the SUV behind Boushie's grandmother's home earlier in the day. (RCMP)
Another angle of Gerald Stanley's farm shows the quad on the bottom of the photo, with the grey SUV Colten Boushie was found near towards the top of the photo. RCMP vehicles can be seen at the grid road entrance. (RCMP)
A pair of canvas shoes was found on the grid road near Gerald Stanley's farm. Both Eric Meechance and Cassidy Cross have said they ran away from the farmyard as shots were fired. (RCMP)
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