JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Court TV) — New filings ahead of a murder trial show the confessed hitman at the center of a murder-for-hire plot has threatened to change his testimony.
Jared Bridegan, right, was gunned down Feb. 16, 2022, after taking his two older children to the home of his ex-wife, Shanna Gardner-Fernandez, in Jacksonville, Fla. Gardner-Fernandez, left, is accused of plotting the murder with her second husband and an alleged hitman.
Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan, 33, was shot and killed on Feb. 16, 2022, after getting out of his vehicle to remove a tire from the road. At the time, Bridegan was driving home with his 2-year-old daughter after dropping his 9-year-old twins off with their mother. Investigators determined Bridegan was the victim of a murder-for-hire, which was allegedly masterminded by his ex-wife, Shanna Gardner, and her current husband, Mario Fernandez Saldana.
Henry Tenon, the man who allegedly pulled the trigger, was the first to be arrested; prosecutors said he pleaded guilty and agreed to testify that he was hired by Fernandez to commit the murder. But at a hearing on Jan. 13, 2025, Tenon suddenly changed his story, telling the Court that he had previously given “false testimony” in his sworn statement accusing Fernandez…