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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men acquired text messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor on the faculty, and their daughter is a scholar 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 have been already there, and Albarado started helping.

"Youngsters are popping out the windows," he mentioned.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral house across the road, Albarado said he wished to get inside the varsity as fast as he could.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral home, but she advised him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

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

"We need to get the children out of here," Albarado said he advised the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the kids out. This is our time."

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado mentioned he guided people to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Massive aid."

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

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

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

Throughout a press conference last week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Safety stated the college district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated because he thought it was not an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I imagine they had been doing all the things of their power they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com