Updated at 11:57 a.m. Thursday to reflect teens taken into custody and charged.

Three teenagers were taken into custody Thursday in connection with a home invasion involving burglars wearing clown masks, Gainesville police said.

The boys, ages 13 and 14, were charged with burglary of a habitation in the break-in, reported about 10:20 p.m. Tuesday. Their names are not being released because of their ages.

Police said the burglary appeared to be the latest escalation of a fight between two students.

The mother of one of the two students was shot in the face with a BB gun during the break-in.

A photo of evidence, including BB guns and masks, obtained by authorities in connection with a home burglary in Gainesville this week. ((Gainesville Police Department))

The 31-year-old woman told officers she'd gone to sleep on her couch when the burglars entered her house in the 700 block of Ritchey Street in Gainesville, about 30 miles north of Denton.

She said three intruders armed with BB gun-style pistols woke her up. They all had their faces covered, she said, and two were wearing clown masks.

Although the creepy-clown phenomenon has recently made waves in the area, this crime is one of the few that don't appear to be a hoax.

The police department said in a statement Thursday that it "hopes the quick resolution of this case will ease some of the fears and concerns this caused to our citizens and help them understand this was an isolated incident."

The intruders allegedly fired their guns inside and one of them turned to the woman, shooting her in the face. She suffered injuries to her nose and arm.

The assailants fled.

Surveillance footage from a neighbor, which police say is consistent with the victim's statement.

Police obtained surveillance footage from a neighbor. They said the image quality is poor, but it's consistent with the woman's account of the crime.

The woman said she believes someone who'd come to her house looking for her son about 30 minutes earlier was one of the three intruders. Police did not say Thursday if they believe one of the teens in custody is the person she said came by before the burglary.

The department said in the release that one of the concerning factors in the burglary was the use of BB guns that resembled regular firearms, because "there is a very real threat they could be perceived as a firearm which could prompt others, including law enforcement, to potentially respond to the threat with a variety of options up to and including deadly force."

Police also urged people choosing Halloween costumes to take into consideration recent local and national concerns with clowns. They noted that officers will be operating at a heightened level of awareness to monitor the area for suspicious activity.