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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men bought text messages concerning the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher on 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, advised CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off obligation, together 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 serving to.

"Youngsters are popping out the windows," he mentioned.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral house throughout the street, Albarado said he needed to get inside the school as quick as he may.

"I was performing as a husband and a father," he stated.

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

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

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

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

The officers began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado stated he guided individuals to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Aid. Huge reduction."

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

While Border Patrol brokers had been on the staff that breached the classroom the place 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 constructing," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

During a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Security said the varsity district's police chief didn't initially ship 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 Department is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

For his half, Albarado mentioned he wasn't ready to evaluate the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I imagine they have been doing all the pieces of their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com