During the Uvalde taking pictures, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse 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 males obtained textual content messages concerning the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor 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 Safety agent, instructed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off duty, along with his weapon at house.

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

"Kids are coming out the windows," he mentioned.

With folks fleeing to a funeral residence throughout the street, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the college as quick as he could.

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

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

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided folks to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Massive reduction."

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

While Border Patrol brokers were on the staff that breached the classroom where 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 smart decision for me to get into the building," he stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

Throughout a press convention final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Department of Public Security said the college district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated because he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

For his part, Albarado said he wasn't able to assess the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I consider they have been doing everything of their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com