SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio man has been sentenced to 40 years behind bars for the 2023 murder of Duniel Valladares Fernandez.
Marco Antonio Moreno Vasquez was formally sentenced on Tuesday after a Bexar County jury found him guilty of murder. Jurors also sentenced Moreno Vasquez to six years for deadly conduct. Both sentences will be served concurrently.
In February 2023, officers responded to reports of gunfire and found Fernandez suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body. He was was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Investigators said surveillance video captured the shooting and provided detectives with the suspect vehicle’s license plate, along with images of those involved.
Within days, law enforcement officers in Atascosa County located the vehicle during a traffic stop. Moreno Vasquez was identified as an occupant and taken into custody without incident.
Investigators also recovered four shell casings from the crime scene that were consistent with the firearm used in the shooting.
The murder weapon was later found hidden inside a refrigerator at Moreno Vasquez’s residence, concealed among food items. Ballistics testing confirmed the shell casings recovered from the scene matched the firearm recovered from the home, prosecutors said.
During the trial, prosecutors argued that Moreno Vasquez and co-defendant Adis Hernandez-Rivas confronted Fernandez over a financial dispute that ultimately led to Fernandez’s death.
The district attorney’s office said Hernandez-Rivas previously accepted a plea agreement in the case and is scheduled to be sentenced later this month.