Through 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 each males got text messages in regards to the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral home across the road, Albarado stated he needed to get inside the college as quick as he could.

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Reduction. Massive aid."

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

While Border Patrol brokers were on the team 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 move for me to get into the constructing," he said. "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 Security said the varsity district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned as a result of he thought it was now not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I consider they had been doing every little thing in their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com