In the course of 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 both males received text messages in regards to the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor on 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 Safety agent, instructed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the faculty earlier that morning and was off obligation, with his weapon at residence.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral home throughout the street, Albarado mentioned he needed to get inside the varsity as quick as he may.

"I was appearing as a husband and a father," he stated.

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

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

He ultimately discovered his daughter was in a restroom situated inside her classroom. Albarado met up with two officers close to the classroom.

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Aid. Large reduction."

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

While Border Patrol agents have been on the crew that breached the classroom the place 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 constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate defense."

During a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Security stated the varsity district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was positioned as a result of he thought it was now not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a review of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they have been doing all the things of their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com