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

Jason Peña, 14, of the Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago is being flown to a Texas hospital following a Friday shooting in Mexico that killed his father and uncle.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- 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.

Vicente Peña Jr., 38, and Antonio "Tony" Fernandez, 44, both of Logan Square, were shot and killed in Durango, Mexico, along with a third adult. A 14-year-old boy was in critical condition, according to NBC5 Chicago.

Jason Peña, now 14, was shot in the head on a highway in the state of Durango, a family spokeswoman said. His father and uncle, both U.S. citizens, and a Mexican relative were also killed.

A Chicago teenager vacationing in Mexico is in a coma after he, his father and his uncle became targets of a shooting last week. The father and uncle were killed in the attack.

Three people are dead and a minor boy in critical condition after an American family were shot at in Mexico while on vacation, officials say.

A Chicago teenager is on life support after being shot while visiting Mexico, where three of his family members were killed in the same incident.

Three people are dead, including two Americans from Chicago, in an attack that took place in Mexico on Friday. Vicente Peña Rodríguez and Antonio Fernández Rodríguez, who are both Americans, were killed,