A suspect has been charged in last month’s broad daylight rape of a woman in a Montgomery park.

Corrace Calloway, 41, was taken into custody overnight when police responded to a report of a man pulling on car handles at The Crossings of Eastchase, a Montgomery senior living facility.

Calloway, who police say had a handgun in the waistband of his pajama pants, struggled with officers before he was taken into custody.

Then, while sitting in the back of a patrol vehicle, according to court records, he slipped out of his handcuffs and ran away.

He was taken into custody a second time after a brief foot chase.

The investigation began in early April when a woman told police she was sexually assaulted at Wynton Blount Park. Police said the attack happened between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. that Saturday near the park’s entrance at Woodmere Boulevard.

Central Alabama Crime Stoppers had offered a $5,000 reward for information leading investigators to identify the suspect.

It was not immediately clear what led to the identification of Calloway as a suspect or when the warrant against him was obtained.

Just before 2 a.m. Monday, Montgomery police responded to the senior living facility to investigate the suspicious person pulling car door handles.

While en route, the officers were given the descriptions of two men – one wearing a black vest and black pants, and the other wearing a gray jacket with pajama pants, charging documents show.

When they arrived, they came in contact with the man wearing pajama pants. He gave them a name, but officers suspected it was a false identity, records state.

After discovering the Glock in his waistband and taking him into custody, they learned his true identity and realized he was wanted on a warrant for first-degree rape.

After Calloway escaped and was recaptured, officers also learned he had convictions for manslaughter and domestic violence.

Court records show he was charged with murder in 2018 and pleaded guilty to the reduced manslaughter charge in 2020. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison, though it was not clear how long he actually served.

In addition to first-degree rape, Calloway is now charged with certain persons forbidden to possess a firearm, third-degree escape and obstruction of justice.

He remains held without bond in the Montgomery County Detention Facility.