London police have launched a homicide investigation after the death of a 43-year-old man on Lansdowne Avenue.

Police responded to a disturbance at a residence on Lansdowne Avenue on Monday at about 11:40 p.m.

Officers say they found a man who had been stabbed and a second adult male who had sustained non-life threatening injuries as a result of being assaulted.

They were transported to hospital where the victim of the stabbing, 43-year-old Raymond Beaver, of London, was pronounced dead.

Police say several individuals were seen running from the scene, but presently no arrests have been made.

The second victim, 47-year-old London man George Janes, has been released from the hospital.

Janes says he heard a crash and ran downstairs.

"By the time I got to the dining room table, all I heard was 'Ahhhh!' and then a bunch of more banging. So I started to throw what ever I could find to keep them out."

Janes says he then grabbed anything he could to protect himself and a woman also in the home.

"I ran into to get my crowbar and the one guy went around the corner, hit me with my crowbar on the head. I jumped up and then they took off".

A friend, Ken Wallis is also shook to the core.

"I'm devastated, I just seen him. It is unbelievable. I'd just seen him. What's his daughter gonna do?"

Investigators believe that this was a targeted incident and it was not a random event.

The investigation has been turned over to the Major Crime Section.

Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in on-line anonymously to www.londoncrimestoppers.com.