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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men obtained textual content messages in regards to the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse 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 at the college earlier that morning and was off obligation, 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. Cops had been already there, and Albarado began helping.

"Children are coming out the windows," he said.

With people fleeing to a funeral residence across the road, Albarado stated he wanted to get inside the school as fast as he might.

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

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

"I didn't 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 have to get the youngsters out of here," Albarado said he instructed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the children out. That is our time."

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado stated he guided folks to safety.

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

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents had been on the team that breached the classroom where the gunman was holed up, Albarado wasn't in that group.

"I did not have my gear, and so it wouldn't have been a smart decision for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

During a press convention final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Department of Public Security mentioned the college district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they had been doing every thing of their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com