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A Toronto coroner has decided not to hold an inquest into an incident in which an off-duty security guard shot and killed two men in an early-morning altercation at a McDonald’s restaurant.

The decision comes months after police announced the security guard would not be charged in the February killings, without elaborating why investigators made that decision.

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This summer, amid calls for police to release more details, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders suggested a coroner’s inquest would be the best forum for the public to find out what exactly happened.

But Dr. Jim Edwards, regional coroner for Toronto East, told the National Post this week he has ruled out an inquest after reviewing security footage of the shootings and other evidence.

However, he said he would reconsider if asked by one of the families of the dead men.

“If the family requests an inquest, we’ll respond to it. But shy of that, we have no intention or plans to call an inquest,” Edwards said.