Throughout 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 textual content messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade trainer on the school, and their daughter is a pupil there.

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, instructed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off obligation, together 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 serving to.

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral home throughout the street, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the varsity as fast as he could.

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

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

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

He eventually discovered his daughter was in a restroom situated 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 advised the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the children out. This is our time."

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado said he guided people to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Massive relief."

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents were on the crew 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 would not have been a good move for me to get into the building," he mentioned. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

During a press convention last week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Security said the varsity district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was now not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a review of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they were doing every little thing of their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com