{"id":198850,"date":"2026-03-20T07:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T07:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/198850\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T07:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T07:31:14","slug":"victim-identified-in-deadly-shooting-at-walgreens-near-tpc-sawgrass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/198850\/","title":{"rendered":"Victim identified in deadly shooting at Walgreens near TPC Sawgrass"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melissa Wood has been identified as one of two victims killed in the shooting. A vigil honoring her memory is set to be held at Mickler’s Landing.<\/p>\n

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 One of two victims killed in the deadly shooting near TPC Sawgrass on Friday<\/a> has been identified.<\/p>\n

Melissa Wood, leaves behind two children, and had “just become a grandma barely a year ago,” her brother Jeremy Hackward wrote in a GoFundMe campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

St. Johns County Sheriff Rob Hardwick said the shooting was “over a domestic violence issue,” and identified the suspect on Saturday as 32-year-old Christian Barrios.<\/p>\n

According to his arrest warrant, Barrios allegedly traveled to the Walgreens at 860 A1A North to confront Wood, whom he told investigators he was in a relationship with, and her alleged second boyfriend over “infidelity.”<\/p>\n

The warrant states that once there, Barrios “immediately and frantically” exited a vehicle and walked over to another vehicle before gunshots rang out.<\/p>\n

Following the shooting, Wood and the other victim were taken to Baptist Beaches Medical Center, where they died, according to the warrant.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Hardwick said Barrios headed north, crossing Palm Valley Road, and onto the property of TPC Sawgrass.<\/p>\n

Hardwick said deputies believed Barrios had “multiple contacts with people that were just simply inside the tour area,” where The Players Championship was being played.<\/p>\n

The sheriff said that several units then “saturated” the area, and later learned that a dark-colored BMW had been stolen.<\/p>\n

Once the vehicle’s tag was “hot-listed,” Hardwick said deputies in Nassau County spotted the vehicle near Callahan, as Barrios was later taken into custody early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

According to his warrant, Barrios faces charges of first-degree murder (two counts), shooting into an occupied conveyance, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, burglary to an occupied dwelling and grand theft of a motor vehicle over $20,000 and less than $100,000.<\/p>\n

Hackward, in the GoFundMe campaign, calls Barrios an “insecure, jealous ex-boyfriend.”<\/p>\n

Wood’s estranged husband, Jeff Wood, told First Coast News a vigil is being held for Melissa on Friday, March 20. He said the community is invited to attend, saying “the community needs closure from this.”<\/p>\n

The vigil will be held at Mickler’s Landing at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n


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