Throughout the Uvalde shooting, 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 both males obtained textual content messages about the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively 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 faculty, and their daughter is a pupil there.

"I requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, advised CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the faculty earlier that morning and was off duty, along with his weapon at house.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral house across the road, Albarado stated he needed to get inside the varsity as quick as he may.

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

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

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

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

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado stated he guided individuals to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Relief. Massive reduction."

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents had been on the team that breached the classroom where 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 constructing," he stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

Throughout a press conference last week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety mentioned the college district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was now not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a assessment of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I consider they have been doing every little thing in their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com