Throughout 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 mentioned.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men received text messages in regards to the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor on the college, and their daughter is a student 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 at the school earlier that morning and was off obligation, together with his weapon at house.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, and so they rushed to the chaotic scene. Police officers were already there, and Albarado started helping.

"Kids are coming out the home windows," he said.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral house throughout the road, Albarado said he needed to get inside the school as quick as he might.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral house, however she informed him their daughter was locked in a college restroom.

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

He finally discovered his daughter was in a restroom positioned inside her classroom. Albarado met up with two officers near the classroom.

"We need to get the youngsters out of here," Albarado said he told the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the kids out. This is our time."

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado mentioned he guided people to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Huge relief."

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

While Border Patrol agents were on the crew that breached the classroom the place 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 good move for me to get into the constructing," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

During a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Safety stated the varsity district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they were doing the whole lot in their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com