Throughout the Uvalde shooting, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse texted him for help. “I asked my barber if he had a gun,” he stated.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males obtained text messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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 began serving to.

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

With people fleeing to a funeral residence across the road, Albarado mentioned he needed to get inside the varsity as quick as he may.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral dwelling, however she informed 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 need to get the children out of right here," Albarado said he advised the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the youngsters out. This is our time."

The officers began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided individuals to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Aid. Massive reduction."

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

While Border Patrol brokers were on the workforce 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 move for me to get into the building," he stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

Throughout a press convention last week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Security said the school district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com