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Police said a tip helped them stop a potential mass shooting at a Texas high school homecoming football game and led to the arrests of two 18-year-old men.

Brandon Gipson and Isaac Cooper were taken into custody Friday after authorities conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was headed to the Everman High School game. An AR pistol and a 60-round magazine were found in the vehicle, Everman Emergency Services said on Facebook.

The department said it was clear the suspects were “coming to do harm.”

A Tarrant County sheriff’s deputy got a tip about a “credible and potentially imminent threat” at the game. The tip included information that a person was on his way to the game “with the intent of utilizing a firearm in which he had obtained earlier” that day, according to Everman Emergency Services.

Everman High School in Everman, Texas.KXASA heavy law enforcement presence was already at the game, and more law enforcement was dispatched after the tip came in.

Everman police were given information about a suspect vehicle and saw the car in question near the stadium’s entrance. Officers conducted a traffic stop and arrested Gipson, Cooper and another person in the vehicle.

The third person, a 14-year-old boy who hasn’t been identified, was released to his parents, according to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.

Everman Emergency Services said the quick action possibly saved lives.

“Their actions prevented any sort of incident at the game. Following this incident, there was no additional threat to those in attendance of the game,” the department said.

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