(The follow is a news release from the Lubbock Police Department)

(LUBBOCK, TX) – Shortly before midnight on March 15, the Lubbock Police Department responded to a shots fired call in the 3200 block of 43rd Street.

The initial investigation indicates a suspect, 41-year-old Emmanuel Garcia, broke into a residence on 43rd Street when the homeowner, 69-year-old Joe Urbanovsky, shot the suspect. Garcia fled the scene on a bicycle and stopped in the 3200 block of 47th Street. Garcia was transported to Covenant Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased.

­This case remains under investigation by the Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit.

(This is a news release from LPD)

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