WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and SportsUPDATE: Madison Police search for homicide suspect

MADISON (WKOW) -- Police are looking for the suspected shooter, in Madison's first homicide of 2012. It happened around 8 p.m. Friday, on White Aspen Road, on the city's north side.

Neighbors say it's a quiet area, but that wasn't the case Friday night, when a 38-year-old man was shot in his home, just next door to Ken Robinson's house.

"I was surprised and shocked because they didn't seem like the type of people who would cause trouble," says Robinson.

Madison police spokesperson Joel DeSpain says the city's first homicide of the year started as a domestic-like dispute between two families.

"The two families were not related but they were sharing one side of a duplex. Prior to the shooting there had been a disagreement between the two husbands," says DeSpain.

Authorities say after killing the man, Edgar Ivan Salinas-Leal, 24, fled in the victim's car, with his wife Jessica and their baby. They haven't been seen since. Now, police are out in full force to find out where they've gone.

"We'll canvass the neighborhood, we'll be canvassing areas where they would have had other contacts," says DeSpain.

This isn't the first time police have seen violence in the Northport Drive area, but authorities believe this incident had nothing to do with location. They say it was just a domestic dispute gone wrong.

Robinson says he was never bothered by the two families, and thought they seemed like good neighbors.

"They were friendly, we always had a friendly wave to each other," says Robinson.

So far, police haven't gotten any leads, and with connections to Texas, they expect the couple could be out of the state by now.

Authorities ask that anyone with information call 911 immediately. The couple is thought to be in the victim's car: a blue-green colored 2006 Chevy Uplander with Wisconsin plates--69157D.

The Dane County Medical Examiner is waiting to release the name of the victim until his family is notified.

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MADISON (WKOW) -- Madison Police are searching for a suspect and his family, who they say killed a Madison man.

Police spokesperson Joel DeSpain says Edgar Ivan Salinas-Leal, 24, shot a roommate he lived with on Madison's North side, after a domestic-type dispute Friday night.

Right now, police are concerned for the safety of Salinas-Leal's wife Jessica and their infant child. DeSpain says they're not sure whether the two left with Salinas-Leal willingly, or if they were forced to flee.

They ask anyone who sees the Salinas-Leal family or the truck they were driving, a blue-green Chevy Uplander with Wisconsin plates: 69157D, to call 911 immediately.

Tonight on 27 News at 6 and 10 Jennifer Kliese will have more details and reaction from neighbors who live near the site of the homicide.

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MADISON (WKOW) - The Madison Police Department is investigating the city's first homicide of the year.

A 38-year-old man was shot and killed by a housemate following a dispute inside a home in the 4400 block of White Aspen Road.

The victim's family and the suspect's family lived in the same home.

The suspect, Edgar Ivan Salinas fled in the victim's vehicle after the shooting. The vehicle is described as a blue 2006 Chevy Uplander with Wisconsin license plates 69157D.

The 24-year-old suspect is believed to be with his wife Jessica and their infant child. There is a warrant for his arrest and the Madison Police Department asks law enforcement agencies, inside and outside of Wisconsin to be on the lookout for the suspect.

Salinas is considered to be armed and dangerous. The Dane County Medical Examiner will release the name of the victim after all of his family is notified.

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MADISON (WKOW) -- Madison police say a 38-year old man has life-threatening injuries after a shooting Friday night.

They're looking for a person of interest: Edgar Ivan Salinas was last seen driving a mid-sized, blue 2006 Uplander after the 8 p.m. shooting in the 4400 block of White Aspen Road.  Police say the SUV has disabled Wisconsin plates 69157D.

Officers say Salinas should be considered armed and dangerous.

Police say the shooting on the city's north side appeared to be targeted, not random, but no other details about the confrontation were given.

Listen to the MPD public information officer's briefing by clicking on the video.