A Saskatchewan farmer accused of killing an indigenous man is facing two new charges.

RCMP say two counts of unsafe storage of a firearm have been laid against Gerald Stanley.

The 55-year-old farmer, from Biggar, Sask., is already facing a second-degree murder charge in connection to the shooting death of Colten Boushie.

Boushie, 22, died Aug. 9 after an SUV he and several other people were in drove onto a farm near Biggar, west of Saskatoon. He was fatally shot while in the vehicle.

The case has stirred racial tensions in the province. Some comments on social media sites have been against First Nations, while others have supported vigilante justice against the suspect.

Premier Brad Wall condemned social media posts after the shooting and called comments he'd seen online "racist and hate-filled."

First Nations leaders have said an initial RCMP release about the shooting fuelled tensions because it stated people in the vehicle were taken into custody as part of a theft investigation. They were released without charges.

Boushie's cousin, who was in the SUV at the time of the shooting, has said several young people were heading home to the Red Pheasant Cree Nation after an afternoon of swimming and were looking for help when they got a flat tire.

Stanley, who’s pleaded not guilty to the second-degree murder charge, is out on bail.

He appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court Wednesday morning. A preliminary hearing in the case, initially scheduled to begin in January, is now set for early April.

--- with files from The Canadian Press