Strong cold front and windstorm arrive, but warm weather returns for Christmas

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- After record breaking high temperatures yesterday, a cold, blustery day is hitting the area today and tomorrow. The strong cold front arrived overnight with a line of showers and storms, and sent temperatures down into the mid-50s shortly before sunrise.

This time, the wind will be a bigger story than the cold. Winds behind the front will blow out of the northwest at 25-35 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph near the coast. Gale warnings are up along the coast for this morning and 'low water advisories' have been posted for Galveston and Matagorda Bays, as the strong winds shove water out of the bays and into the Gulf. Tides will run 1-2 feet below normal, which will make navigating the bay and ship channel more treacherous.

Once the winds settle down tonight, expect a widespread light freeze across southeast Texas tomorrow morning as astronomical winter officially begins (5:12am local time).

The run up to Christmas looks very warm after that, but a strong cold front arriving on or around Christmas Day will make it feel like winter again later in the week. There is still a tremendous amount of uncertainty with the timing and strength of the winter storm next week. Stay tuned.

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Houston man gunned down in front of his family

People ran screaming down this street after gunshots rang out. One man was found dead in a yard, police say

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police are looking for two shooters who gunned down a man in front of his family outside their northeast Houston home.

The shooting happened around 1:30am on Turner at Edgeworth.

Police say multiple people called 911 when they heard gunshots and saw people running in the streets.

When officers arrived, they said they found a man in his 50s shot to death in the front yard of a home.

According to investigators, two young black men walked up to the victim's driveway while he and his family were standing in their yard.

Police said both men pulled out semi-automatic assault rifles and opened fire, shooting the man multiple times. He died at the scene and the gunmen fled.

Detectives are being told by witnesses it was two men the victim had an argument with about money, possibly over $6. Officials believe there may be more to the story.

Anyone with information can call police or Crime Stoppers.

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Beaumont shooting suspect's brother arrested in front of cameras

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- We are hearing from the family of the Houston man investigators say opened fire at a Beaumont courthouse, killing one woman and injuring two other women and a man.

Bartholomew Granger, the accused shooter, actually lives in northeast Houston. We learned his sexual assault trial in Jefferson County also involved his brother, who was arrested Wednesday night as cameras were rolling.

"The father was upset and angry because he felt that there was no justice in this case," Quanell X said at the press conference Wednesday night.

But in the middle of that Quanell X news conference where he talked about Granger's frustrations, news broke right before our eyes.

"I didn't do anything," said Lyndon Granger, the accused shooter's brother.

Lyndon Granger was handcuffed, arrested and taken to jail. Jefferson County sheriff's deputies made sure to do it themselves.

"He has a felony warrant on him so we had to execute that warrant," Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Major Bradford Lowe said.

"Does it have anything to do with the shooting today?" we asked.

"I don't know. I don't know that," he replied.

Lyndon Granger, who along with the accused shooter's son, stood next to Quanell X just moments earlier. He's charged with sexually assaulting the same girl for which his brother was on trial. Lyndon's been out on bond. Sources tell Eyewitness News the judge in the case issued a warrant Wednesday, in part, to protect the public going forward.

"If this is truly done for public safety, I can understand but this seems very suspicious to me," Quanell X said.

Both Lyndon and Bartholomew are charged in Jefferson County, but they are no strangers to law enforcement in Harris County.

We found in 2010 they sued the Houston Police Department in federal court claiming a long list of grievances including corruption discrimination, slander, as well as civil and constitutional violations.

The lawsuit was in response to the criminal investigations which they called an unlawful witch hunt.

In fact, recently Bartholomew Granger was in the city's legal department, according to the mayor's office, giving a deposition related to the lawsuit.

It has since been dismissed. But the legal troubles for both brothers seem to be getting worse.

Lyndon Granger was taken downtown to stand before a magistrate on Wednesday night. He then was expected to go to Jefferson County Jail.

Neither he nor the accused shooter's 19-year-old son would answer any questions. Other family members with whom we spoke on Wednesday in Port Arthur wouldn't answer questions either.

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