"It was pure cowardice and evil," said Kirsten Bridegan, 30, whose husband, Jared Bridegan, 33, was ambushed in his car Feb. 16, as their daughter, Bexley, watched from her car seat. "To have that done where he didn’t even have a chance to fight back, and it was done in front of his daughter. I would ask anyone who knows anything to come forward."The father of four has 9-year-old twins from a prior marriage.
He stepped out of his vehicle and was shot, Sgt. Tonya Tator of the Jacksonville Beach Police Department told Fox News Digital. Authorities are investigating whether the tire was placed on the road to lure Jared from his car."Jacksonville Beach is a safe community and a murder of this nature is highly unusual," Tator said of the neighborhood near the Atlantic Ocean and 15 minutes from the famed golf courses of TPC Sawgrass, which is home to the PGA Tour.
"I started crying, my hands were shaking — I looked for a trash can because I felt like I was going to throw up. I kept saying ‘This isn’t real, this can’t be real," she said. The couple first met online on a dating app and clicked immediately."What first struck me was his profile picture. It was of him with his twins," she said.
Kirsten declined to discuss Jared’s relationship with his ex-wife, but a source told Fox News that it was strained. Though invited, Jared’s twins from his prior marriage did not attend their father’s funeral. His ex-wife couldn't immediately be reached for comment.Sgt. Tator urged the public to come forward with any information that could help them solve Jared’s murder.
The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are assisting the local police with resources — including their labs to process forensic evidence. Anyone with information should contact the Jacksonville Beach Police Department at 904-270-1661 or First Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS. Ahas taken the greatest toll on Bexley.
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