In the course of 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 mentioned.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men got text messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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

"Youngsters are coming out the home windows," he stated.

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

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

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

"I didn't know what restroom," Albarado mentioned.

He eventually learned 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 children out of here," Albarado said he informed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the children 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 stated. "Aid. Massive aid."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers 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 mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

Throughout a press conference last week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety mentioned the school district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division 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 mentioned, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I consider they had been doing everything of their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com