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 textual content messages concerning the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an active shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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

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

With people fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the street, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the college as fast as he could.

"I used to be acting as a husband and a father," he stated.

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

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

He finally 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 children out of here," Albarado mentioned he advised 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, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Reduction. Large relief."

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

While Border Patrol brokers have been on the staff 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 would not have been a smart decision for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

Throughout a press convention final week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Safety mentioned the varsity district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located 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 mentioned he wasn't in a position to assess the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com