MADISON (WKOW) - -A Madison man is charged with five felonies and one misdemeanor in the city's first homicide of the year.
Edgar Ivan Salinas-Leal appeared in Dane County Court Monday afternoon.
Officials say Salinas-Leal shot and killed Darrell Ballweg on February 3. On Monday, authorities released a new criminal complaint with additional details about this incident.
The amended criminal complaint says that the incident started when the victim, Darrell Ballweg, would not allow Salinas-Leal's wife, Jessica, to have any lasagna.
It goes on to say Edgar Ivan Salinas-Leal came upstairs a short time later, angry and started to fight the victim. The complaint says the defendant hit Darrell Ballweg first.
Deborah Ballweg conveyed to police that after this initial altercation, Salinas-Leal went back downstairs before returning with a gun.
She then tells police she thinks "Darrell may have tried to grab the gun from the defendant" before it went off.
But Salinas-Leal's wife is saying he's not guilty.
"I was there. I saw everything that went on so they have no right to be telling him that he's guilty because he's not," Jessica Salinas told 27 News.
The 24-year-old already faced a first degree intentional homicide charge before Monday's court appearance. He's now charged with first degree reckless endangerment, felony intimidation of a victim, armed robbery, and take and drive a vehicle without the owner's consent. which are all felonies. Salinas-Leal is also charged with criminal damage to property, which is a class A misdemeanor.
His bail has been raised to $950,000 for the homicide charge.
Salinas-Leal's next court appearance is February 21.
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MADISON (WKOW) - More details are expected Monday about what happened in Madison's first murder of the year. Edgar Ivan Salinas-Leal will be in court Monday at 1:30 p.m.
According to the Wisconsin State Journal there will be a new criminal complaint issued. Salinas-Leal was in court Friday after being arrested in the shooting death of Darrell Ballweg. Salinas-Leal's bail was set for $750,000.
The State Journal also reported Salinas-Leal's attorney Jessa Nicholson claimed Ballweg lunged at the defendant with a knife before the shooting. The original complaint didn't mention anything about a knife.
The original complaint said that Salinas-Leal shot Ballweg after he refused to let Salinas-Leal's wife have some food. The State Journal said Assistant District Attorney Joshua Bowland will issue a new complaint Monday about the details that happened February 3.
After the shooting Salinas-Leal took off with his wife, Jessica and her 7-month old daughter.
Jessica Salinas and the little girl were found safe on February 7.
Salinas-Leal has been charged with first degree intentional homicide.
27 News will have a crew in court Monday. Stay with www.wkow.com for the latest information.
