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 stated.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men received text messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School 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 college, and their daughter is a scholar there.

"I requested 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 at the college earlier that morning and was off responsibility, along with his weapon at home.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral residence across the road, Albarado mentioned he needed to get inside the college as quick as he might.

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

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral residence, however she instructed him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

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

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

"We need to get the kids out of right here," Albarado mentioned 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 doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided people to security.

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

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents were on the group that breached the classroom where the gunman was holed up, Albarado wasn't in that group.

"I didn't have my gear, and so it would not have been a smart decision for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate defense."

During a press convention last week, the pinnacle of the Texas Department of Public Security said the school district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated as a result of he thought it was not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a assessment of the police response.

For his half, Albarado mentioned he wasn't ready to evaluate the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I believe they were doing everything in their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com