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 stated.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men received textual content messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated 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 asked 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 at the college earlier that morning and was off obligation, with his weapon at home.

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

"Kids are coming out the home windows," he said.

With people fleeing to a funeral home across the road, Albarado mentioned he needed to get inside the varsity as fast as he might.

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

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

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

He finally learned his daughter was in a restroom positioned inside her classroom. Albarado met up with two officers close to the classroom.

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

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

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

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

While Border Patrol brokers have been 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 building," he mentioned. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

Throughout a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Safety mentioned the college district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was located because he thought it was not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a assessment of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com