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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men bought text messages in regards to the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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

With people fleeing to a funeral residence throughout the street, Albarado stated he wanted to get inside the school as quick as he may.

"I was performing as a husband and a father," he mentioned.

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

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

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

"We have to get the youngsters out of right here," Albarado stated he instructed 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 people to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Massive reduction."

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

While Border Patrol brokers have been on the staff 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 stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

Throughout a press conference final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Department of Public Safety stated the varsity district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located because he thought it was now not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

For his half, Albarado mentioned he wasn't ready to assess the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I consider they had been doing every little thing in their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com