In the course of the Uvalde taking pictures, an off-duty federal agent’s wife 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 received text messages concerning the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the street, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the school as quick as he might.

"I used to be appearing as a husband and a father," he said.

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

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado said he guided folks to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Huge reduction."

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

While Border Patrol agents had been on the group 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 move for me to get into the building," he mentioned. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate defense."

During a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety stated the college 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 Division is conducting a review of the police response.

For his half, Albarado stated he wasn't ready to assess the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they had been doing everything of their power they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com