During the Uvalde taking pictures, an off-duty federal agent’s wife texted him for help. “I requested my barber if he had a gun,” he mentioned.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men acquired text messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an active shooter. Help. 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 student there.

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the school earlier that morning and was off responsibility, with his weapon at house.

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

"Youngsters are coming out the home windows," he said.

With folks fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the road, Albarado stated he needed to get inside the varsity as quick as he might.

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

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral residence, but she instructed him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado said. "Aid. Massive aid."

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents have been on the crew 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 building," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

During a press convention last week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Security stated the school district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was positioned because he thought it was now not an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

For his half, Albarado mentioned he wasn't able to evaluate the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com