A gambling game turned threatening Tuesday night, leading to the arrest of a man on suspicion of aggravated assault Wednesday morning, according to Lawrence police.

Lawrence Police Department spokesman Trent McKinley said a man and two victims had been gambling at a home in the 800 block of Michigan around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday when the victims ran out of money. The suspect demanded that the victims continue to gamble, and when they refused, he produced a weapon, McKinley said.

The victims thought the weapon appeared to be a handgun and were startled, fleeing to another residence in the 2400 block of Ousdahl Road, McKinley said. The man then followed the victims to the residence, where he was arrested around 1 a.m. after residents of the home called police.

Upon retrieval of the weapon, officers discovered the weapon not to be a handgun, but an airsoft gun made to look like a real gun, McKinley said.

Police have not released the name of the suspect.