In the course of 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 each men obtained text messages in regards to the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last 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 instructor at the school, and their daughter is a pupil there.

"I requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the college earlier that morning and was off obligation, together with his weapon at residence.

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

"Youngsters are popping out the windows," he said.

With folks fleeing to a funeral home across the street, Albarado stated he needed to get inside the school as quick as he might.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

While Border Patrol agents had been on the staff that breached the classroom the place the gunman was holed up, Albarado wasn't in that group.

"I did not have my gear, and so it wouldn't 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 protection."

Throughout a press conference last week, the pinnacle of the Texas Department of Public Safety stated the school district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was located because he thought it was now not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a overview of the police response.

For his half, Albarado stated he wasn't ready to evaluate the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they had been doing the whole lot in their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com