Throughout 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 both men acquired textual content messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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

"Children are coming out the home windows," he mentioned.

With people fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the road, Albarado stated he wished to get inside the school as quick as he might.

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

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

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

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

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

The officers began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided individuals to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Reduction. Large relief."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers were on the group 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 building," he mentioned. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

Throughout a press conference last week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Security said the college district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was located because he thought it was not an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a assessment of the police response.

For his half, Albarado said he wasn't able to evaluate the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing everything of their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com