AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Two students were arrested after allegedly making threats towards students and faculty at Harper High School, Gillespie County Sheriff’s Office said in a Saturday press release.

On Wednesday, the sheriff’s office received a call from Harper Independent School District about a potential threat that involved a male student at Harper High School.

After an investigation, authorities believed there was a “viable threat to the students and staff of the HISD” which led to authorities issuing arrest warrants for the student, the release said.

That student was taken to a juvenile detention center and faces charges of a 3rd Degree Felony and State Jail Felony, the release said.

The following day, authorities obtained a second warrant for another student who also attended Harper

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