In the course of the Uvalde taking pictures, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse texted him for assist. “I asked my barber if he had a gun,” he stated.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males bought text messages concerning the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher at the school, and their daughter is a scholar 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 at the college earlier that morning and was off duty, along with his weapon at dwelling.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral house throughout the road, Albarado stated he wished to get inside the varsity as fast as he may.

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

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral dwelling, however she advised him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado stated he guided individuals to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Aid. Massive relief."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers were on the crew 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 wouldn't have been a smart move for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

Throughout a press conference last week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Safety stated the school district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was positioned because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a review of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com