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 both males bought textual content messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor at the college, 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, advised CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college 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. Law enforcement officials had been already there, and Albarado began serving to.

"Kids are popping out the home windows," he said.

With folks fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the road, Albarado stated he wished to get inside the varsity as quick as he might.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral house, however she informed him their daughter was locked in a college restroom.

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Relief. Massive relief."

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

While Border Patrol brokers were 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 constructing," he stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate defense."

Throughout a press convention final week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety mentioned the school district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

For his half, Albarado said he wasn't ready to assess the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I imagine they were doing everything in their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com