In the course of the Uvalde taking pictures, an off-duty federal agent’s wife texted him for help. “I asked my barber if he had a gun,” he stated.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men acquired text messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an active shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor at the school, and their daughter is a scholar there.

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, instructed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off obligation, along with his weapon at home.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, they usually rushed to the chaotic scene. Police officers had been already there, and Albarado started serving to.

"Youngsters are popping out the home windows," he said.

With folks fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the road, Albarado mentioned he needed to get inside the varsity as quick as he may.

"I was appearing as a husband and a father," he stated.

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral house, however she advised him their daughter was locked in a college restroom.

"I did not know what restroom," Albarado stated.

He ultimately discovered his daughter was in a restroom situated inside her classroom. Albarado met up with two officers near the classroom.

"We need to get the kids out of here," Albarado stated he instructed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the kids out. This is our time."

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado stated he guided folks to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Massive relief."

He hugged and kissed her, and shortly she was heading to the school parking lot.

While Border Patrol agents have been on the team that breached the classroom where the gunman was holed up, Albarado wasn't in that group.

"I did not have my gear, and so it wouldn't have been a good move for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

During a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Security mentioned the varsity district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

For his half, Albarado said he wasn't ready to evaluate the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I imagine they had been doing all the pieces in their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com