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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men obtained text messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final 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 instructor 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 Safety agent, informed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on 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, and they rushed to the chaotic scene. Law enforcement officials had been already there, and Albarado started helping.

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral house across the street, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the school as fast as he might.

"I used to be appearing 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 faculty restroom.

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

He ultimately realized his daughter was in a restroom located inside her classroom. Albarado met up with two officers close to the classroom.

"We need to get the youngsters out of right here," Albarado mentioned he informed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the youngsters out. That is our time."

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado stated he guided folks to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Reduction. Huge aid."

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

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

Throughout a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Security mentioned the college district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located because he thought it was now not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a assessment of the police response.

For his half, Albarado said he wasn't able to evaluate the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they have been doing all the things of their power they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com