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 mentioned.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males got text messages about the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an active shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor 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 Safety agent, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off responsibility, along with his weapon at home.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, they usually rushed to the chaotic scene. Cops have been already there, and Albarado began serving to.

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral house across the street, Albarado mentioned 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 home, however she informed him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

"I did not 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 children out of right here," Albarado stated he told the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the children out. That is our time."

The officers began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado said he guided folks to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Big relief."

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

While Border Patrol brokers have been on the team that breached the classroom where the gunman was holed up, Albarado wasn't in that group.

"I didn't have my gear, and so it would not 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 protection."

During a press convention last week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Security mentioned the varsity district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated as a result of he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I consider they had been doing every part in their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com