(La Porte County, IN) - An out of state murder suspect was arrested in La Porte County over the weekend.

According to state police, information was received that a suspect in the murder of a child in Ohio may be traveling on the Indiana Toll Road.

A trooper located the suspected vehicle and began following it close to the La Porte exit until stopping the vehicle near Westville.

Fernando Alejo, 22, was taken into custody and is being held in the La Porte County Jail for authorities in Ohio. 

The Ohio man is suspected in the fatal shooting of a 17 year old boy east of Cleveland.