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 stated.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men obtained text messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade trainer on the school, 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, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off responsibility, along with his weapon at dwelling.

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

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral residence throughout the street, Albarado stated he wanted to get inside the college as fast as he could.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral dwelling, but she told him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

He ultimately realized 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 said he told the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the youngsters out. This is our time."

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado said he guided individuals to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Large reduction."

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents were on the crew 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 good move 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 conference final week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety stated the school district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned as a result of 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 half, Albarado said he wasn't ready to assess the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I consider they had been doing everything of their power they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com