NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – As the investigation continues into the shooting deaths of two people in the parking lot of a Walgreens in St. Johns County, more information is coming out about the events that led to the suspected shooter’s arrest.
The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office released bodycam footage on Monday that showed the manhunt to find Christian Barrios, the man accused of the double murder.
St. Johns County deputies said Barrios came to the Walgreens in Ponte Vedra Beach to confront his girlfriend and a man he believed she was in a relationship with.
After the shooting, deputies said he drove away in a BMW, crossed county lines and was spotted in Nassau County by a local deputy.
Deputies from various law enforcement agencies attempted to stop Barrios along U.S. 1 near Sauls Road, but he sped off, and a chase ensued.
He crashed the vehicle on County Road 108 and Middle Road, ditched the car and ran into the woods, investigators said.
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Deputies searched for Barrios for nearly three hours before they found him, and he was taken into custody.
“Our 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,” Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said.
The body cam video shows Barrios at gunpoint getting down on his knees while several deputies and K9s approach and place him under arrest in a wooded area near Callahan.
Leeper said his primary concern was protecting the community from a potentially armed and dangerous person.
“I wanted to make sure that we contained that area so he wouldn’t get away,” Leeper said.
Barrios faces several charges in Nassau County, including fleeing from deputies and grand theft of a vehicle, and remains in jail until he is extradited to St. Johns County, where he’s also expected to face homicide charges.
Watch the bodycam footage below: