his ex style murder in jacksonville, florida. >> shana gardner's indictment acknowledges her central and key role in the cold, calculated and premeditated murder of jared bright again, a grand jury indicting gardner for allegedly plotting with her new husband and a hitman to murder pritikin last year. >> prosecutors say the former couple share two kids and had gone through a bitter divorce when he was lured out of his car to move a tire that had been intentionally placed in the street. >> bullets barely missing his two year old daughter in the back seat. >> that hitman has confessed to pulling the trigger. but gardner's current husband has pleaded not guilty. in an interview last summer, shana gardner denied any involvement in the murder. >> even though we didn't always get along, he was still the father of my kids. >> jared bright against heartbroken widow, relieved to see this final arrest for 547 days, we've hoped and prayed that this day would come. >> shana gardner was taken into custody in washington state, where she reportedly moved to with her two kids. >> she'll be extradite

. >> shana gardner is awaiting extradition from washington state to florida, where she could face theth penalty. here's abc's stephanie ramos. shana gardner, the ex-wife of microsoft executive jared bright again is under arrest, charged with his execution style murder in jacksonville, florida. shana gardner's indictment acknowledges her central and key role in the cold, calculated and premeditated murder of jared bright. again, a grand jury indicting gardner for allegedly plotting with her new husband and a hitman to murder braddock in last year. prosecutor say the former couple share two kids and had gone through a bitter divorce when he was lured out of his car to move a tire that had been intentionally placed in the street. bullets barely missing his two year old daughter in the back seat. that hitman has confessed to pulling the trigger. but gardner's current husband has pleaded not guilty. in an interview last summer, shana gardner denied any involvement in the murder. >> even though we didn't always get along, he was still the father of my kids. >> jared brigance. heartbroken wi

a lot of folks were wondering, you know, there was bad blood between jared bridegan and shana gardnerthe child custody dispute and was it her who ordered a contract to have him killed. the state attorney says yes, it was. >> jacqui: and seeking the death penalty, too. bryan will have more for us on this. what's your take coming out of this news conference that we just heard? these are big headlines. >> yeah, it is a big headline. there was a lot of public scrutiny on gardner in the immediate aftermath of jared's murder, remember, she moved 2800 miles away to washington state after the murder, did not attend his funeral, and the presser right now, guys. >> spending time with your family. your siblings miss you every day. there is a pain in our hearts that will never go away. your parents miss you, your wife misses you. your children miss you. to every single law enforcement officer, agency, the district and state attorney, we could never express our gratitude adequately. we are grateful for your sacrifices and your support. to every reporter, podcast show, producer, thank you, thank yo

in an interview last summer, shana gardner denied any involvement in the murder. >> even though we didn't always get along, he was still the father of my kids. >> today, jared branigan's heartbroken widow relieved to see this final arrest for 547 days. >> we hoped and prayed that this day would come. >> shana gardner was taken into custody in washington state, where she reportedly moved to with her two kids. she'll be extra united to jacksonville, where she and her husband could face the death penalty. david. >> stephanie ramos reporting tonight. steph, thank you. we do have one note on the economy tonight. mortgage rates in this country have now surged to a more than 20 year high. a 30 year fixed rate mortgage now averages 7.09, up from just over 5% a year ago. and the ago, thee 2002.year ago. and the ago, thee this increase follows the federal reserve's recent interest rate hikes to try to slow inflation. the rate of inflation is slowing, but the move cooling the housing market and hiking those interest rates in the meantime. >>> when we come back tonight, newly released body camera ima

police arrest warrant shana gardner was taken into custody in front of the couple's children at her homet week. where are your dreams, mom? >> i don't want more than a year and a half after bridegan his ambush style killing in florida , he was driving home at the time, having just dropped off two of his kids at gardner's home. >> police say this tire was blocking the road, and when bridegan got out, he was gunned down. his two year old daughter from his second marriage was watching from the car. gardner last year, in an interview with wjax, denied any involvement. >> i did not have anything to do with his murder. >> then in january, authorities arrested henry tennon, claiming he pulled the trigger. but did not act alone. two months later, mario fernando baez. saldana gardner's second husband and tenant's former landlord, was taken into custody. authorities claiming he had written three checks to tennon the amounts not revealed in his arrest warrant. officials claimed gardner and bridegan had a highly acrimonious divorce. gardner is now charged with first degree murder conspiracy and soli

shana gardner is still in custody in washington state fighting her extradition to florida.th. >>> we're going to turn now to lizzo firing back at the backup dancers suing her for harassment. her lawyer now says she plans to countersue. stephanie ramos is here with the story. >> reporter: good morning, george. after lizzo was sued for alleged sexual, racial and religious harassment this month, the singer's lawyers claim lizzo plans to counter sue for the plaintiffs quote hypocritical behavior. ♪ this morning lizzo is fighting back. >> watch out for the big girls. >> reporter: the grammy winning artist is allegedly planning to counter sue her backup dancers who have filed a lawsuit against the singer, claiming she harassed them while on tour. lizzo's lawyer telling abc news the lawsuit is a sham. lizzo intends to sue for malicious prosecution after she prevails and these claims are dismissed. [ cheers ] the singer all shared photos of the dancers, quote, happily cavorting backstage with performers at a paris cabaret show as evidence to support lizzo's position. >> what we're