Throughout 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 acquired text messages about the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade trainer at the faculty, and their daughter is a student 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, with his weapon at house.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral home throughout the street, Albarado stated he wished to get inside the college as quick as he may.

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

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

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado stated he guided individuals to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Relief. Huge aid."

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

While Border Patrol brokers had 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 decision for me to get into the building," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate defense."

Throughout a press conference final week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Safety mentioned the school district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a review of the police response.

For his half, Albarado mentioned he wasn't in a position to assess the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I imagine they were doing everything of their power they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com