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Coroner’s inquest will examine 2015 fatal Toronto police shooting

CANADA, Toronto: Police officers gather the scene where a man was hot and killed by police in downtown Toronto, on July 25, 2015. The slained man was identified as Kwasi Skene-Peters, a 21-year-old man who was wanted for a double murder. The Ontario Special Investigations Unit is currently probing the shooting. ÉTIENNE FORTIN/The Canadian Press

A coroner’s inquest will examine the death of a man killed by two Toronto police officers two years ago.

Kwasi Skene-Peters, 21, was shot during an early-morning firefight with officers on July 25, 2015.

He was later pronounced dead in hospital.

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A statement from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services says recommendations from the inquest may be used to prevent similar deaths.

Skene-Peters had been wanted by the Toronto police on first-degree murder charges for the alleged killings of two men earlier that year.

The Special Investigations Unit later cleared the two officers responsible, calling it a “legally justified” shooting.

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