In the course of the Uvalde taking pictures, an off-duty federal agent’s wife texted him for assist. “I asked my barber if he had a gun,” he mentioned.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men got text 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 wife Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher on the school, 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 on the school earlier that morning and was off responsibility, together with his weapon at house.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, and so they rushed to the chaotic scene. Law enforcement officials were already there, and Albarado began serving to.

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

With people fleeing to a funeral residence throughout the road, Albarado said he wished to get inside the varsity as quick as he could.

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

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

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

He finally realized 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 children out of right here," Albarado said he advised the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need 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, saw my daughter," Albarado said. "Reduction. Huge relief."

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

While Border Patrol brokers were on the team 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 smart move for me to get into the constructing," he stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

Throughout a press convention last week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Safety said the school district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a assessment of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing every thing in their power they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com