Throughout 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 mentioned.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males acquired textual content messages concerning the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher on 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 Protection agent, advised CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the faculty earlier that morning and was off responsibility, with his weapon at dwelling.

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

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral residence across the street, Albarado stated he wanted to get inside the school as fast as he may.

"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, but she told him their daughter was locked in a college restroom.

"I didn't know what restroom," Albarado mentioned.

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

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

The officers began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided individuals to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Massive aid."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers 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 move for me to get into the building," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

During a press conference last week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety stated the school district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

For his half, Albarado stated he wasn't in a position to evaluate the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they had been doing all the pieces in their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com