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 said.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males received text messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively 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 school, and their daughter is a pupil there.

"I requested 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, together with his weapon at house.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, and they rushed to the chaotic scene. Police officers have been already there, and Albarado started serving to.

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the street, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the varsity as fast as he might.

"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 advised him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Reduction. Large aid."

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents were on the group 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 would not have been a smart decision for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

During a press convention final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Department of Public Security mentioned the college district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was located because he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com