A bulge on the casing of the bullet that killed Colten Boushie came under intense scrutiny at the Gerald Stanley murder trial in Battleford today.
The casing was recovered from the dashboard of the vehicle Boushie was sitting in when he was shot in the head in August of 2016.
Stanley’s lawyer, Scott Spencer, questioned firearms expert Greg Williams about what may have caused the deformed casing.
Williams told the trial the bullet was not seated in the chamber properly when it fired. He also talked about the possibility of a hang-fire. A situation where there is a delayed firing of the bullet after the trigger is pulled.
Williams says a hang-fire usually represents a delay of about a quarter-second between trigger pull and the bullet firing.
Earlier at the trial, Gerald Stanley’s son, Sheldon, told the court seconds after the shooting, his father told him, “I don’t know what happened, it just went off.”
Colten Boushie died of a single gunshot wound to the head in August of 2016 after he and a group of friends drove onto the Stanley farm and a confrontation followed.
(PHOTO: A gun submitted as evidence in Gerald Stanley trial. Photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Justice.)