A 19-year-old accused in an Aug. 14 shooting death in Illinois was arrested Sunday near Duluth, along with a local man accused of providing false information, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.

Devon Levon Stidwell, of Ford Heights, has been charged with murder in the death of a 16-year-old killed outside a strip mall. But he eluded capture until his arrest 700 miles away.

After receiving information that Stidwell was at an extended-stay hotel on Venture Drive, deputies spotted the suspect and another man in the parking lot, according to Deputy Shannon Volkodav. Gwinnett officers, who arrived to assist deputies, conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and arrested Stidwell.

The driver of the vehicle, Stacy Antoine Hall, 23, was arrested for an outstanding probation violation, Volkodav said. Hall was also charged with giving false name or information.

Stidwell and Hall were transported to the Gwinnett County Jail, where they were being held late Tuesday with no bond.

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8/26/17 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal, Sandra Deal, members of the King family, and Rep. Calvin Smyre,  were on hand for unveiling of the first statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the statehouse grounds, more than three years after Gov. Nathan Deal first announced the project.  During the hour-long ceremony leading to the unveiling of the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol on Monday, many speakers, including Gov. Nathan Deal, spoke of King's biography. The statue was unveiled on the anniversary of King's famed "I Have Dream" speech. BOB ANDRES  /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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