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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both males got text messages about the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor on the faculty, and their daughter is a pupil 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 faculty earlier that morning and was off responsibility, with his weapon at dwelling.

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

"Youngsters are popping out the home windows," he stated.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the street, Albarado said he needed to get inside the varsity as quick as he might.

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

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

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

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

"We need to get the kids out of right here," Albarado stated he informed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the kids out. This is our time."

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Reduction. Huge aid."

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

While Border Patrol agents 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 wouldn't have been a good move for me to get into the constructing," he mentioned. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

During a press conference final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Safety stated the varsity district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was positioned because he thought it was now not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com