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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both males acquired textual content messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an active shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher on the college, and their daughter is a student there.

"I requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, advised CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off responsibility, together with his weapon at home.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, and they rushed to the chaotic scene. Police officers were already there, and Albarado began helping.

"Kids are popping out the home windows," he mentioned.

With people fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the road, Albarado stated he wanted to get inside the varsity as quick as he might.

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

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

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado said he guided people to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Aid. Massive aid."

He hugged and kissed her, and soon she was heading to the varsity parking lot.

While Border Patrol agents have been on the staff 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 wouldn't have been a good move for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

During a press convention final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Security said the school district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was located because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing all the things of their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com