Second-degree murder charge laid in connection to suspicious death in north London

One person is dead and one person is facing a second-degree murder charge as London police investigate a suspicious death.

One person is in custody after police responded to a report of a suspicious death in northeast London Tuesday morning.

Neighbours saw police cars fill the streets around this home on Chippewa Drive around 7:30 a.m.

They say not long after police arrived, a man was taken into custody on the driveway of the home.

London Police Service Sergeant Sandasha Bough told CTV News, "Upon police arrival, an individual was located deceased inside a residence, and an adult male was arrested at the scene."

Those in the area that know the family say four people were living in the home; a mother, father, a child believed to be around seven or eight, and the child's grandmother.

They say the child was escorted from the home by a family member shortly after the arrest was made.