5 p.m. Update:

Lawrence Police Sgt. Trent McKinley has provided updated information on the incident. The man actually had the gun in his hand while he was going through the Taco Bell drive-thru Monday night, McKinley said. A Taco Bell employee reported it to police, saying that the man “was waving (the gun) around,” which McKinley said caused concern.

The same man was found at the Youth Sports Complex, 4911 W. 27th St., watching children play baseball while having a handgun in a holster around 6:30 p.m. Monday, McKinley said. Officers responded and asked the man to lock the gun in his vehicle “to comply with the ‘no firearms’ sign posted at the field,” McKinley said.

The man told officers he was carrying the weapon for protection, McKinley said.

The man was confrontational but ultimately complied with the police request, McKinley said.

Some people at Lawrence’s Taco Bell on Sixth Street may have thought that a stick-up was imminent Monday night when a man with a gun entered the restaurant, but as it turns out, the only thing he’d be ransacking was a bag of Mexican fast food.

Lawrence police were called to the restaurant at 1220 W. Sixth St. to a report of “suspicious activity with weapons,” Lawrence Police Department spokesman Sgt. Trent McKinley said Tuesday.

Just after 8:30 p.m., someone told police that a man was at Taco Bell with a firearm. Officers were dispatched to the scene to check things out.

McKinley said officers found the man and discovered him to be “‘openly carrying’ a handgun” — but the thing is, that’s not illegal in Kansas.

No one had accused the man of pointing the gun at anyone, McKinley said; nor had anyone said he’d made any threats. The man was apparently minding his own business with a pistol in public view.

“Officers determined no law violation occurred,” McKinley said.