Office Of The State Attorney
R.J. Larizza, 7th Judicial Circuit

Office Of The State Attorney
R.J. Larizza, 7th Judicial Circuit

State of Florida v. Christian Joseph Barrios

Press Release | May 6, 2026

DOB: 03/14/1994

Case Number: CF26000376

 

Intent to Seek the Death Penalty Filed in St. Johns County Double Murder

ST. AUGUSTINE โ€“ State Attorney R.J. Larizza filed the notice of intent to seek the death penalty against defendant Christian Barrios on Tuesday. The St. Johns County Grand Jury indicted him on two counts of First-Degree Murder in March.

The defendant is accused of shooting two people multiple times outside of a pharmacy store near TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach on March 14, 2026. The victims died from their injuries at the hospital. Barrios ran away from the scene and led law enforcement on a chase into Nassau County, where he was arrested.

The case was investigated by the St. Johns County Sheriffโ€™s Office with assistance from the Nassau County Sheriffโ€™s Office, Florida Highway Patrol, and the Florida Department of Agriculture Law Enforcement. Assistant State Attorney Sarah Thomas is the prosecutor assigned to the case.

For more information contact:

Haley Harrison |ย Public Information Officer | Office of State Attorney R.J. Larizza, Florida’s Seventh Judicial Circuit | SAOPIO@SAO7.org

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