In the course of 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 said.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men received text messages in regards to the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary College 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 at the college, and their daughter is a pupil there.

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, advised CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off duty, 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 started helping.

"Children are popping out the home windows," he said.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the road, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the varsity as fast as he might.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral home, but she instructed him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

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

"We need to get the children out of right here," Albarado stated he told the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the kids out. That is our time."

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Big aid."

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

While Border Patrol agents were 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 stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

During a press convention last week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Safety said the varsity district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing all the things of their power they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com