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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both males bought textual content messages in regards to the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade trainer at the faculty, and their daughter is a scholar there.

"I requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, told CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the college earlier that morning and was off duty, along with his weapon at dwelling.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, and so they rushed to the chaotic scene. Police officers have been already there, and Albarado began serving to.

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral house throughout the road, Albarado stated he needed to get inside the college as quick as he might.

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

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

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

He finally discovered 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 kids out of here," Albarado stated he instructed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the kids out. That is our time."

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado mentioned he guided folks to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Relief. Massive reduction."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers were on the crew that breached the classroom the place 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 smart move for me to get into the constructing," he stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

During a press conference final week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Safety mentioned the varsity district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they had been doing every part in their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com