Through the Uvalde taking pictures, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse 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 males got textual content 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 stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

"I requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, instructed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off duty, together with his weapon at residence.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral house throughout the street, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the varsity as quick as he could.

"I used to be performing as a husband and a father," he said.

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

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided people to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Huge reduction."

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents have been on the crew 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 protection."

Throughout a press convention final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Security said the college district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated because he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a review of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they have been doing every little thing of their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com