19-year-old woman found fatally shot inside San Bernardino County home

A death investigation is underway after a 19-year-old woman was found fatally shot inside her San Bernardino County home last week, according to authorities. 

In a news release shared by the Colton Police Department, officers said that they were called to the 1000 block of Silver Star Circle at around 1:30 a.m. on Monday, June 15, upon learning of a shooting in the area. 

Arriving officers found the victim, identified as Charlotte Gallegos Aragon, suffering from a gunshot wound inside the garage of the home. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Colton Fire Department personnel, police said. 

Colton PD detectives and San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Scientific Investigations Division investigators are investigating the shooting. They said that while they've ruled out suicide, they haven't yet been able to classify the case as a homicide.

Family members and friends remembered Gallegos as someone who lived her life to the fullest. She was a recent Colton High School graduate who played soccer and was working for Amazon.

"It was her energy that would just pull you towards her; she was a great person and very caring, and she was fun to be around," said Cecilia Felix, whose son was dating Gallegos. "She had a lot to live for."

She said that Gallegos lived in the home where the shooting happened with her mother and another family. She believes there are more answers to be found.

"There was a lot more that was going on in this house," Felix said. "I'm so angry that there's no arrests." 

She said that Gallegos' mother is struggling with the loss but trying to get through each day as it comes, and that she was at work when the shooting happened.

"Most days she's crying, sending me pictures and videos of them. She just really misses her daughter," Felix said.

No information was provided on a suspect or motive in the incident. 

Police asked anyone who knows more to contact Colton PD Detective Isabel Jaramillo at 909-370-5142.