Arrest made after Microsoft executive, father of 4 gunned down in 'targeted ambush': Police

Nearly a year after Jared Bridegan, a Microsoft executive and father of four, was gunned down on a Florida road in what authorities called a targeted ambush, a suspect has been arrested in connection with his murder, police announced Wednesday.

Bridegan was driving with his then-2-year-old daughter in Jacksonville Beach on Feb. 16, 2022, when he came upon a tire blocking his path, police said. When he stepped out of the car he was "gunned down in cold blood," Jacksonville Beach Police Chief Gene Paul Smith said.

"This was a plan and a targeted ambush and murder," Smith told reporters during a press briefing on Wednesday announcing an arrest in the case.

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Henry Tenon, 61, was arrested Wednesday on charges including conspiracy to commit murder, second-degree murder with a weapon and accessory after the fact to a capital felony.

"We know Henry Tenon did not act alone," State Attorney Melissa Nelson said at the press briefing.

Tenon also faces a child abuse charge due to Bridegan’s 2-year-old, who was strapped in her car seat, being "directly in harm's way" when he was fatally shot, Nelson said.

The identification of a Ford F-150 spotted around the crime scene at the time of the shooting led to the arrest, Smith said.