The 14-year-old has been identified as Jason Peña, according to nonprofit organizer Julie Contreras who is working closely with his family.

A 14-year-old boy from Chicago is in a coma, fighting for his life after a shooting in Mexico that also killed his father and his uncle. Authorities in Mexico said the teen was traveling with his father and uncle in an SUV with Illinois license plates in the state of Durango on Friday night when they were shot.

Light snow is expected in parts of north central and northeast Illinois Thursday with higher accumulation in Indiana where between 1 to 3 inches may affect travel in the afternoon into the evening, National Weather Service officials said.

The first night of the new year will be cold. Temperatures overnight drop in the lower 20s, but with gusty westerly winds near 25 mph, wind chill values will sink as low as the teens tonight. Mostly gray skies are in order Wednesday night also,

FOX 32's Kaitlin Cody breaks down today's weather outlook.

Metra officials confirmed a male pedestrian was hit and killed by an inbound Union Pacific North Line train near the North Chicago station shortly after 8:30 a.m.

Both inbound and outbound Metra trains on the Union Pacific North line have been halted near North Chicago on Thursday morning due to a pedestrian being struck by a train, Metra has announced on its website.