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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males bought textual content messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned 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 Protection agent, informed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off obligation, with his weapon at house.

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

"Youngsters are coming out the home windows," he mentioned.

With people fleeing to a funeral house throughout the street, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the school as fast as he could.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral home, however she told him their daughter was locked in a college restroom.

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado said he guided people to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Big relief."

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

While Border Patrol brokers have been on the staff 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 move for me to get into the building," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

Throughout a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Security stated the school district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned as a result of he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

For his part, Albarado mentioned he wasn't in a position 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 could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com