Henry Tenon pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder in the death of Jared Bridegan. The State Attorney’s Office has released video of his arrest and interrogation.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Video from the interrogation room of the trigger man who murdered Jared Bridegan, a St. Johns County father of four, was released on Monday.
In March Henry Tenon pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder charges in the Jacksonville Beach shooting death of Bridegan. Nearly 10 hours of video evidence against Tenon was released by the State Attorney’s Office.
Tenon was pulled over for speeding on Edgewood Ave before 5am on August 18th, 2022. And while officers let him think it was a simple traffic stop, they were already building their case against him in the murder of Bridegan.
Police bodycam footage records one of the officer’s phone calls confirming the plan was to tell Tenon that he was caught in a traffic violation.
“Do you still want the all habitual traffic offender ruse? You still want me to tell him that,” could be heard being spoken by one of the officers.
Instead of going to jail, Henry Tenon is taken to the State Attorney’s Office where detectives show him pictures of Tenon driving specific vehicles all over Jacksonville. The images were recorded by license plate readers.
“So here’s what’s up,” one of the detectives told Tenon, “today’s the most important day of your life, I’m going to shoot you straight, you have tough decisions to make. But there’s only one right answer.”
Detectives begin to question Tenon about inconsistencies in his story. The audio on the tape from the interrogation room is cut out for more than 2 straight hours while a large black square redacts evidence that is shown to Tenon.
After nearly five hours inside the interrogation room, Tenon asks for an attorney. Tenon is left alone in the room for another hour before he is taken to jail.
Henry Tenon sat in jail for five months before he was officially charged with 2nd degree murder in the death of Jared Bridegan. Monday marked exactly 20 months since Bridegan was gunned down in the middle of a Jacksonville Beach street in front of his 2 year old daughter.
Mario Fernandez and Shanna Gardner-Fernandez have also been arrested for Bridegan’s murder.
