Good Morning El Paso 12.2215

one person is dead after a crash involving a motorcycle overnight–we have the latest details from out round the clock news team. vo plus— a man wanted for questioning in a murder is now behind bars, details on how he tried to hide from police . and–the latest on the case against the man who bought the weapons used in the san bernardino shooting—-why the judge is keeping him behind bars.. / the winter solstice has arrived. today marks the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, when the sun appears at its most southerly position, directly overhead at the tropic of capricorn. it’s the longest day of the year in the southern hemisphere. what does that mean for our forecast–we’ll have the details in just a bit. / a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. first let’s get to our round the clock coverage from east el paso — at least one person is dead after a crash late last night. it happened on the 18-hundred block of zaragosa around 10 p.m. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live right now with the very latest… denise? this morning one person is dead. let’s get to our round the clock video recorded late last night. we know a motorcyclist and and a four door car were involved. the motorcyclist was taken to the hospital with critical injuries. police have not confirmed if it was in fact the motorcyclist that was killed– only confirming it was a deadly crash. westerly winds will bring seasonably mild temperatures to southern new mexico and west texas today through christmas friday. however a series of weak upper disturbances will also cause periods of breezy to windy conditions along with a few rain or mountain snow showers to the borderland. a deep low pressure system with a strong cold front will result in widespread rain and snows along with much colder temperatures this weekend. heavy snows may occur over the mountains and even some lowland areas east of the rio grande. dry but cool weather is expected to return on monday. we’ll talk more about what to expect for the rest of this work week and the weekend ahead coming up in your full forecast. residents in the northeast are no longer on edge after the man police are calling a suspect in connection with a murder in south central el paso – is behind bars. daniel athens was wanted by police for questioning when a man was found unresponsive on alameda on sunday with gunshot wounds. that man was pronounced dead, after being transported to the hospital. . now— abc-7 spoke with one family – that says they found the murder weapon – which helped bring the search for athens to an end. “”my mom went out to the bac yard because she was going to water the plants and she found the murder weapon on the floor” the salas family says their neighborhood was on lockdown for several hours on two separate occasions. the family brought police to the trailer park – where they later found athens- ” “its scary because you nev know what he was thinking or what he was going to do. he could’ve broken into our house and killed all of us.” after about an hour long standoff with el paso police and u.s. deputy marshals – athens was tasered– then arrested. he was booked into the el paso county jail last night. / we’re learning more about what may be next for the five teens accused of a robbery spree across east el paso … followed by a chase that ended in southern new mexico. this happened back in october. 15 year old edwin rodriguez pleaded no contest to charges including aggravated assault on a peace officer with a deadly weapon. rodriguez is set to be sentenced in otero county tomorrow … 14 year old jaquil webb pleaded guilty to other charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. and the three other teens all face charges related to the chase. they are: 15 year old evelyn brown, 14 year old antonio brown, and 14 year old isaiah garcia. but that’s just the beginning of their legal troubles. whatever their punishments end up being in new mexico, the teens will most likely each end up back in el paso … to face other charges here. elpaso’s county attorney will decide those charges. the county attorney spokeswoman says that the office is legally prevented from releasing any juvenile record details… and that includes trial stages and hearing dates. bail has been denied for enrique marquez, who is accused of supplying weapons to the two san bernardino shooters. this is file video of marquez. the 24- year-old did not enter a plea. marquez, a friend and neighbor of syed rizwan farook, has been charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorism— among other things. investigators say he bought two semi- automatic rifles for terror attacks that did not take place. the next hearing for marquez is scheduled for january 4th. / a texas grand jury has decided not to indict anyone in the july police-custody death of sandra bland. the 28-year-old woman was found hanging in her jail cell from a noose made from a plastic trash bag. she was arrested three days before for allegedly assaulting an officer during a traffic stop. police said bland’s death was a suicide, but her family rejected that finding the special prosecutor handling the case says the grand jury will reconvene in january and take up all remaing issues. an attorney for bland’s family says they still have questions about the case. / the new trial for baltimore police officer william porter is set to start next june 13- th. porter is one of six officers facing charges in the death of freddie gray. his first trial ended with a hung jury and mistrial last week. a court spokeswoman says the new date has to be approved at a hearing today . freddie gray suffered a fatal spinal injury while riding in a police van after his april arrest. the next officer to face trial is caesar goodson on january 6-th. / an abc-seven traffic alert this morning. i-10 west is closed from zaragoza to lee trevino.. the lanes are expected to reopen tomorrow morning by six o’clock. you can expect the same closure to happen again starting at 9 tonight and going to tomorrow morning. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… still much more to come here on good morning el paso– including donald trump at it again –making a bold reference while speaking about hillary clinton— plus—the big game this weekend is almost here and yesterday the teams got the traditional borderland welcome—we’ll take a look,.. meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first!