{"id":527488,"date":"2026-03-16T20:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/527488\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T20:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:48:12","slug":"bodycam-video-shows-hours-long-manhunt-in-nassau-county-for-man-accused-in-ponte-vedra-beach-double-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/527488\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodycam video shows hours-long manhunt in Nassau County for man accused in Ponte Vedra Beach double murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 As the investigation continues into the shooting deaths of two people in the parking lot of Walgreens in St. Johns County, more information is coming out about the events that led to the suspected shooter\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Nassau County Sheriff\u2019s Office released bodycam footage on Monday that showed the manhunt to find Christian Barrio, the man accused of murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">St. Johns County deputies said Barrios came to the Walgreens to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/16\/man-accused-in-ponte-vedra-double-murder-went-to-walgreens-to-confront-girlfriend-over-infidelity-report\/#commentDiv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/16\/man-accused-in-ponte-vedra-double-murder-went-to-walgreens-to-confront-girlfriend-over-infidelity-report\/#commentDiv\">confront his girlfriend<\/a> and a man he believed she was in a relationship with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">After the shooting, deputies said he drove away in a BMW, crossed county lines and was spotted in Nassau County by a local deputy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Deputies attempted to stop Barrios along U.S. 1 near Sauls Road, but he sped off, and a chase ensued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He crashed the vehicle on County Road 108 and Middle Road, ditched the car and ran into the woods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">MORE | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/16\/man-accused-in-ponte-vedra-double-murder-went-to-walgreens-to-confront-girlfriend-over-infidelity-report\/#commentDiv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/16\/man-accused-in-ponte-vedra-double-murder-went-to-walgreens-to-confront-girlfriend-over-infidelity-report\/#commentDiv\">Man accused in Ponte Vedra double murder went to Walgreens to \u2018confront girlfriend\u2019 over infidelity: report<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/15\/we-were-appalled-st-johns-county-residents-shocked-after-2-people-were-fatally-shot-near-the-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/15\/we-were-appalled-st-johns-county-residents-shocked-after-2-people-were-fatally-shot-near-the-players\/\">\u2018We were appalled\u2019: St. Johns County residents shocked after 2 people were fatally shot near The Player<\/a>s<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Deputies searched for Barrios for nearly three hours before they found him, and he was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cOur special response team and our K9 Rex were tracking through kind of a trail through the woods, and observed an individual then he gave himself up,&#8221; Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Leeper said his primary concern was protecting the community from a potentially armed and dangerous person.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">&#8220;I wanted to make sure that we contained that area so he wouldn\u2019t get away,&#8221; Leeper said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Barrios faces several charges in Nassau County and remains in jail until he is extradited to St. Johns County, where he\u2019s also expected to face homicide charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Watch the bodycam footage below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 As the investigation continues into the shooting deaths of two people in the parking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,40359,3,80546,3255,452,453],"class_list":["post-527488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-nassau-county","tag-news","tag-ponte-vedra-beach","tag-st-johns-county","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}