In the course of the Uvalde shooting, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse texted him for help. “I requested my barber if he had a gun,” he said.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both males bought text messages in regards to 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 instructor at the college, and their daughter is a scholar there.

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

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

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral residence across the street, Albarado said he needed to get inside the school as fast as he could.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers were on the team 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 would not have been a smart decision for me to get into the constructing," he stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

During a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Security mentioned the varsity district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

For his half, Albarado mentioned he wasn't able to assess the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I consider they were doing every little thing in their power they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com