During the Uvalde taking pictures, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse texted him for assist. “I requested my barber if he had a gun,” he said.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males acquired text messages about the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an active shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher 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 Safety agent, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off obligation, together with his weapon at residence.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral home across the road, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the varsity as quick as he may.

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

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

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado stated he guided people to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado said. "Aid. Large aid."

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

While Border Patrol brokers were on the workforce 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 decision for me to get into the constructing," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

During a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety mentioned the varsity district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned as a result of he thought it was now not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

For his half, Albarado mentioned he wasn't ready to evaluate the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com