During the Uvalde taking pictures, an off-duty federal agent’s wife texted him for help. “I asked my barber if he had a gun,” he mentioned.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males acquired text messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor at 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, told CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the faculty earlier that morning and was off obligation, along with his weapon at house.

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

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

With people fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the street, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the college as quick as he could.

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

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

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Big aid."

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents had been on the group 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 would not have been a smart decision for me to get into the building," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

During a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Security stated the college district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was located because he thought it was now not an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a assessment of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com