UPDATE: Hays Rape Suspect Spotted in Colby

A man suspected of raping a woman near the campus of Fort Hays State University early Sunday morning was spotted several hours after the reported crime, at a gas station in Colby.

According to Hays Police, wanted sexual assault suspect Tre M. Carrasco was observed getting into a silver pickup truck at 10:08 Sunday morning at a Colby gas station. The pickup truck was observed leaving the truck stop heading south towards Interstate 70.

A security camera image shows Carrasco at the gas station  wearing a hoody that says “HUSTLE” on the front of it.

Carrasco is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Hays earlier in the morning Sunday.  At 5:42 AM Hays Police received a report that a female had been sexually assaulted in the 400 block of west 7th Street.

Carrasco is to be considered armed and dangerous.

If anyone has information on the whereabouts of Tre Carrasco please call 911, or contact the Hays Police Department at (785) 625-1011.

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ORIGINAL: Students at Fort Hays State University are on alert after receiving notification of an alleged early morning rape near campus.

According to Hays Police, Sunday morning at 5:42 the agency received a report that a female had been sexually assaulted in the 400 block of west 7th Street in Hays.

The suspect has been identified as 23-year-old Tre Miekale Carrasco.

Carrasco is a light skinned black male that is 5’8” tall, weighs 173 lbs., has brown eyes, and black curly hair that is in a short afro.

Carrasco may have facial hair and be wearing a red shirt.

Carrasco, who might be driving a stolen blue Chevy Malibu. should be considered armed and dangerous.

According to Kansas Department of Corrections records, Carrasco was released from prison on Friday in Ellis County.  He had been serving time in prison for aggravated battery and aggravated sexual battery.

If anyone has information on the whereabouts of Tre Carrasco please call 911, or contact the Hays Police Department at (785) 625-1011.