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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men acquired text messages in regards to the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, advised CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off duty, with his weapon at dwelling.

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

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the street, Albarado said he wished to get inside the school as fast as he might.

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

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 ultimately learned his daughter was in a restroom situated 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 instructed 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 mentioned he guided people to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Aid. Huge reduction."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers were on the workforce 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 wouldn't have been a smart decision for me to get into the building," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

During a press convention last week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety mentioned the school district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned because 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 ready to assess the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com