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 stated.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males received text messages about the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned 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, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the faculty earlier that morning and was off obligation, along with his weapon at dwelling.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, and they rushed to the chaotic scene. Law enforcement officials were already there, and Albarado began serving to.

"Kids are coming out the home windows," he said.

With folks fleeing to a funeral home across the road, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the school as fast as he might.

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

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral house, however she instructed him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

"I didn't know what restroom," Albarado stated.

He ultimately learned his daughter was in a restroom positioned inside her classroom. Albarado met up with two officers close to the classroom.

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

The officers began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado said he guided individuals to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Relief. Huge aid."

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

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

"I did not have my gear, and so it would not have been a smart move for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

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

For his part, Albarado stated he wasn't able to assess the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they were doing the whole lot in their power they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com