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 said.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males got textual content messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned 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 Protection agent, advised CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off obligation, with his weapon at residence.

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

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

With people fleeing to a funeral house throughout the road, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the college as fast as he might.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral dwelling, but she told him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

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

He eventually learned 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 stated he instructed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the kids out. That is our time."

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

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

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

While Border Patrol agents had been on the workforce 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 building," he mentioned. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

Throughout a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Security mentioned the college district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned because he thought it was not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a review of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they had been doing every part in their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com