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Vigil Honors Ponte Vedra Walgreens Victims as Suspect Held on Two Murder Counts

Christian Barrios remains jailed without bond in Nassau County pending transfer to St. Johns County to face the charges.

Overview

  • Loved ones gathered at Mickler’s Landing to remember Melissa Wood one week after she and Jason Chatham were fatally shot in a Walgreens parking lot.
  • Investigators say Barrios went to confront Wood and the man she was with before multiple gunshots were heard, according to arrest documents.
  • An unredacted warrant says Barrios’ mother drove him to the site and later told deputies she heard shots and that an empty handgun holster was found in her car.
  • After the shooting, authorities say Barrios stole a BMW, was pursued into Nassau County, and was captured following a K9 search in wooded terrain.
  • Barrios faces two first-degree murder counts and related St. Johns charges, additional Nassau charges including grand theft and aggravated fleeing, and he has pleaded not guilty according to local reporting.