Through 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 men bought textual content messages concerning the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an active 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 pupil there.

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, instructed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the school earlier that morning and was off obligation, along with his weapon at residence.

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

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

With people fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the road, Albarado mentioned he needed to get inside the varsity as quick as he may.

"I used to be acting as a husband and a father," he mentioned.

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral residence, but she advised him their daughter was locked in a college restroom.

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

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

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

The officers began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided folks to safety.

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

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents have been on the group 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 good enough defense."

During a press conference last week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety mentioned the college district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated because he thought it was now not an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a overview of the police response.

For his half, Albarado said he wasn't able to evaluate the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I imagine they have been doing everything in their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com