During the Uvalde taking pictures, an off-duty federal agent’s wife texted him for help. “I requested my barber if he had a gun,” he said.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both males got textual content messages concerning the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade trainer on the college, 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 News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the school earlier that morning and was off responsibility, along with his weapon at residence.

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

"Children are coming out the home windows," he mentioned.

With people fleeing to a funeral home across the road, Albarado mentioned he needed to get inside the varsity as fast as he may.

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

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral residence, however she informed him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

He finally realized his daughter was in a restroom positioned inside her classroom. Albarado met up with two officers near the classroom.

"We have to get the youngsters out of right here," Albarado stated he informed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the children out. This is our time."

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Relief. Big reduction."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers had been on the group that breached the classroom where the gunman was holed up, Albarado wasn't in that group.

"I didn't have my gear, and so it would not have been a smart move for me to get into the building," he stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

Throughout a press convention final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Security mentioned the college district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a assessment of the police response.

For his part, Albarado stated he wasn't in a position to evaluate the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I imagine they have been doing the whole lot of their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com