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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men got textual content messages in regards to the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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

"Kids are popping out the windows," he said.

With people fleeing to a funeral residence throughout the road, Albarado said he needed to get inside the school as quick as he may.

"I used to be acting as a husband and a father," he said.

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

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

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

"We have to get the children out of right here," Albarado said he advised the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the youngsters out. This is our time."

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado stated he guided folks to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Relief. Big relief."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers have been on the staff that breached the classroom the place 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 pinnacle of the Texas Department of Public Security stated the varsity district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was located 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 stated he wasn't ready to evaluate the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com