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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men received text messages in regards to the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an active shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, instructed CBS Information 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. Cops have been already there, and Albarado started helping.

"Children are coming out the windows," he said.

With people fleeing to a funeral house across the road, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the college as fast as he might.

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

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

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

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

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

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado stated 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 varsity parking lot.

While Border Patrol agents had 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 did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

Throughout a press conference final week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Safety said the varsity district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom where 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 part, Albarado said he wasn't in a position to evaluate the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I imagine they have been doing all the things in their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com