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Jared Bridegan

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

Convicted
last updated 19 September 2026 · 6 sources
Confirmed facts
11
Open questions
3
Incident
16 Feb 2022
Stage
Convicted
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Case file Jared Bridegan, reference D C zero one four seven. According to the Associated Press, Jared Bridegan, thirty-three, was killed in Jacksonville Beach on February sixteenth, twenty twenty-two, 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. The Associated Press 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. CBS News reported that, in January 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 was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, second-degree murder with a weapon, accessory after the fact to a capital felony, and child abuse. Those charges were allegations at that stage. According to AP, Mario Fernandez Saldana was convicted on August twenty-sixth, twenty twenty-six, of first-degree murder and solicitation of murder in Duval County court. AP reported he faces an automatic life sentence. The file’s open questions include current trial dates and docket posture for Shanna Gardner and Henry Tenon, which claims courts or juries will ultimately accept, and whether a sentence has been formally imposed on Fernandez Saldana. 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 confirmed11 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
26 August 2026
Mario Fernandez Saldana, 38, was convicted of first-degree murder and solicitation of murder in Duval County court, according to AP.
AP · added 19 Sep 2026
26 August 2026
AP reported that Fernandez Saldana faces an automatic sentence of life in prison.
AP · added 19 Sep 2026
26 August 2026
CBS News, citing affiliate WJAX-TV, reported that the jury deliberated for nearly four hours before the verdict.
CBS News · added 19 Sep 2026
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
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
Has a sentence been formally imposed on Mario Fernandez Saldana?unconfirmed; AP reported he faces an automatic life sentence · unconfirmed
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