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Victim identified, suspect arrested and facing murder charges after fatally shooting woman in face, police say

Officers found the woman, who is in her 30s, near an abandoned building on Glen Ridge, where they believe she may have been living.

SAN ANTONIO — A woman is dead after being shot in the face, and a man has since been arrested for her murder, officials say.

The shooting happened just after 1 a.m. Thursday in the 5000 block of Glen Ridge Drive.

Officers found the woman, who is in her 30s, near an abandoned building on Glen Ridge, where they believe she may have been living.

When police arrived on the scene, they found 31-year-old Marissa Vasquez lying in a pool of blood with a faint pulse. An affidavit says police discovered she had been shot in the face. Vasquez was taken to the hospital where she later died.

A witness who was at the gas station before the shooting reportedly saw Vasquez take some drugs, then pass out. The suspect, Gregory Wilder, started to "freak out and pull{ed} out a semi-automatic weapon," according to the affidavit. According to the affidavit, witnesses said Wilder shot Vasquez for no reason, then took off running.

Wilder was arrested Saturday without incident.

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