NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – A person accused of fatally shooting two individuals in Ponte Vedra was arrested in Nassau County simply earlier than 8 a.m. on Saturday, the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office mentioned.
St. Johns County Sheriff Rob Hardwick mentioned deputies responded to a number of 911 calls about photographs being fired at about 10:30 p.m. Friday on the Walgreens on the nook of Palm Valley Road in Ponte Vedra.
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Two individuals have been shot in the car parking zone and have been transported to hospitals the place they died.
Hardwick mentioned investigators recognized a suspect early in the investigation as Christian Barrios, 32, and Okay-9 items tracked him onto PGA Tour property at TPC Sawgrass.
Hardwick mentioned the suspect is a identified felony.
“He is out of prison again on probation, committing another violent felony. Here we are dumping all these resources and families are gonna mourn two people that were shot and killed in a parking lot of Walgreens over a domestic violence situation,” the sheriff defined.
Authorities mentioned Barrios reportedly made contact with PGA employees, picked up a radio, and should have touched different gadgets earlier than leaving that space.
Authorities consider Barrios later stole a dark-colored BMW that had been reported throughout a housebreaking simply after 4 a.m. Officials mentioned Barrios drove the automotive from St. Johns County into Nassau County, the place deputies tracked it and used a PIT maneuver and the car crashed right into a wooden line in Callahan. He was later captured by Nassau County deputies simply earlier than 8 a.m.
Sheriff Hardwick mentioned no individual concerned in the incident was from St. Johns County.
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Barrios is charged with two counts of first diploma homicide, housebreaking of an occupied dwelling, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, shooting right into a conveyance, and grand theft of a motorized vehicle.
Because of the incident, the gates for Saturday’s third spherical at The Players opened at 9 a.m., and the hospitality venues will open at 11 a.m.
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