Jose Martin Aragon, 19, male, White, was killed on July 4, 2003, in Brighton, Adams County, Colorado. According to state investigators, Aragon became involved in a fight with unknown individuals that night and was shot; he died the same day. The case is classified as a homicide investigated by the Adams County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado’s 17th Judicial District. Public records list the incident under agency case number 03-9594 and confirm his age, gender, and the Brighton location.
Community memorial pages and contemporaneous notices remember him as a young man lost to gun violence on the Fourth of July in Adams County, echoing the official account that his death stemmed from a shooting. These sources situate his killing within the broader toll of firearm deaths recorded that day and help mark the time and place of the tragedy.
Obituary records published the week after his death identify him as Jose Martin Aragon and place his family roots in the Denver metro area, noting funeral arrangements that followed on July 12, 2003. Those notices further corroborate the timing of events and his identity.
Authorities have not announced any arrests in connection with the shooting, and the offenders have not been publicly identified. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s cold case listing continues to request tips, indicating the case remains unsolved and that investigators are still seeking information about the suspects involved in the fight that preceded the gunfire.
