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 stated.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men received textual content messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

"I requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, instructed CBS News 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, they usually rushed to the chaotic scene. Law enforcement officials were already there, and Albarado began helping.

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral home throughout the road, Albarado said he needed to get inside the school as quick as he might.

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

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

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

He ultimately discovered his daughter was in a restroom located inside her classroom. Albarado met up with two officers close to the classroom.

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

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado mentioned he guided individuals to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Large reduction."

He hugged and kissed her, and soon she was heading to the college parking zone.

While 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 didn't have my gear, and so it wouldn't have been a smart move for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

During a press convention final week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Safety mentioned the varsity district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place 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 said he wasn't ready to assess the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com