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 said.

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

She's a fourth grade instructor on the school, and their daughter is a scholar 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 at the faculty earlier that morning and was off obligation, together with his weapon at house.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, they usually rushed to the chaotic scene. Law enforcement officials had been already there, and Albarado began helping.

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

With people fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the street, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the college as quick as he might.

"I used to be performing as a husband and a father," he stated.

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

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado stated he guided individuals to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Aid. Large relief."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers had been on the team 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 wouldn't have been a good move for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

Throughout a press convention final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Security mentioned the varsity district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated as a result of he thought it was not an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a overview of the police response.

For his half, Albarado stated he wasn't able to assess the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com