Three Texas high school seniors have been arrested for allegedly plotting to attack their school using guns and explosives.

Taylor ISD superintendent Keith Brown says students at Taylor High School overheard the 17-year-old boys discussing their alleged 'detailed plans' on Wednesday, and notified administrators.

A Taylor police detective and a school resource officer who were on campus at the time arrested the three and charged each with making a terroristic threat, a misdemeanor.

Devant Davis-Brooks, 17, is pictured in tears after his arrest for allegedly planning to carry out an attack with two classmates on their Texas high school

Kadin Watson (left) and Emmanuel Pina Tejas (right), both 17, were also arrested Wednesday and charged with making a terroristic threat

Devant Davis-Brooks, Kadin Watson and Emmanuel Pina Tejas, all aged 17, were taken to the Williamson County jail. Two remained in custody on Thursday.

Brown applauded the student who came forward with information on the suspects' conversation, telling KXAN that the teen's actions on Wednesday potentially saved many lives.

Authorities have released no information on a possible motive behind the thwarted attack.

Police say none of the teens had weapons on them when they were taken into custody. School officials say no students were in danger.

Another student at Taylor High School (pictured) allegedly overheard the trio of suspects discussing their 'detailed plans' to attacks the school with guns and bombs

'I am impressed that this incident was reported by responsible Taylor High School students and taken seriously by the Taylor High School administrators,' said Taylor Police Chief Henry Fluck, according to Austin-American Statesman. 'It is important that the student suspects are being held criminally accountable for their threats and their violent plan.'

In addition to the criminal charges that Davis-Brooks, Watson and Pina Tejas are facing, the teens will also be suspended from school for three days and then temporarily sent to an alternative school.