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Jared Bridegan

A 2022 Jacksonville Beach fatal shooting case with one defendant currently on trial.

On trial · allegations
last updated 20 August 2026 · 4 sources
Confirmed facts
8
Open questions
3
Incident
16 Feb 2022
Stage
On trial
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Case file Jared Bridegan, reference D C zero one four seven. According to AP, on February sixteenth, twenty twenty-two, thirty-three-year-old Jared Bridegan was killed in Jacksonville Beach after he got out of his vehicle to remove a tire from the road while his two-year-old daughter was strapped in her car seat. AP reported Bridegan had been leaving a Jacksonville Beach neighborhood after dropping off twin children he shared with Shanna Gardner and was returning toward St. Augustine. CBS News reported that on January twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-three, Jacksonville Beach Police Chief Gene Paul Smith and State Attorney Melissa Nelson announced Henry Tenon’s arrest. CBS News reported police said Tenon faced multiple charges, which were allegations at that stage. AP reported that on August seventeenth, twenty twenty-three, Nelson announced Shanna Lee Gardner had been indicted and arrested. AP reported prosecutors were seeking the death penalty against Gardner and Mario Fernandez Saldana. AP reported that on August seventeenth, twenty twenty-six, Fernandez Saldana was on trial in Duval County court. The charges are unproven allegations. The file’s open questions include what verdict, if any, will be reached; the current trial posture for Gardner and Tenon; and which claims a court or jury will accept. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one four seven at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed8 entries
16 February 2022
Jared Bridegan, 33, was killed in Jacksonville Beach after he got out of his vehicle to remove a tire from the road while his 2-year-old daughter was strapped in her car seat.
AP
16 February 2022
AP reported that Bridegan had been leaving a Jacksonville Beach neighborhood after dropping off twin children he shared with Shanna Gardner and was returning toward St. Augustine.
AP
25 January 2023
Jacksonville Beach Police Chief Gene Paul Smith and State Attorney Melissa Nelson announced Henry Tenon’s arrest; CBS News reported police said Tenon was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, second-degree murder with a weapon, accessory after the fact to a capital felony, and child abuse. The charges were allegations at that stage.
CBS News
25 January 2023
CBS News reported that Nelson said authorities were sharing limited information and sealing Tenon’s arrest affidavit and warrant for 30 days to protect the ongoing investigation.
CBS News
17 August 2023
State Attorney Melissa Nelson announced that a grand jury had indicted Shanna Lee Gardner in Bridegan’s death and that Gardner had been arrested in West Richland, Washington; the charges were allegations.
AP
17 August 2023
AP reported that prosecutors were seeking the death penalty against Gardner and against Mario Fernandez Saldana, who had been arrested in March 2023 and charged in Bridegan’s death; Fernandez Saldana’s attorney said he had pleaded not guilty and was presumed innocent.
AP
17 August 2026
Mario Fernandez Saldana, 38, was on trial in Duval County court for first-degree murder and solicitation of murder; AP reported he was accused of arranging Bridegan’s death by hiring a gunman. The charges are unproven allegations.
AP
17 August 2026
During opening statements, Assistant State Attorney Christina Simak Stifler told jurors the killing was a targeted ambush; defense attorney James Hill told jurors Fernandez Saldana had no motive and disputed that payments to Tenon were for murder rather than work.
AP
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
What verdict, if any, will be reached in Mario Fernandez Saldana’s trial?unconfirmed; trial underway · unconfirmed
What are the exact current trial dates and docket posture for Shanna Gardner and Henry Tenon?unconfirmed in trusted sources retrieved · unconfirmed
Which prosecution and defense claims will the court or jury ultimately accept?unconfirmed; allegations remain contested · unconfirmed
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