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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males acquired textual content messages about the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade trainer on the college, and their daughter is a pupil there.

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

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 helping.

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

With people fleeing to a funeral home across the road, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the college as fast as he may.

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

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

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado said he guided individuals to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Big relief."

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

While Border Patrol agents were on the workforce 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 decision for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

During a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Security said the varsity district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a overview of the police response.

For his part, Albarado mentioned he wasn't in a position to assess the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they had been doing every little thing in their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com