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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men acquired textual content messages concerning 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 teacher on the faculty, and their daughter is a student there.

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

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

"Children are popping out the windows," he stated.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Relief. Huge relief."

He hugged and kissed her, and shortly she was heading to the college parking lot.

While Border Patrol agents had 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 wouldn't 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 conference last week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Safety stated the varsity district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located because he thought it was not an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a review of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing every part of their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com