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 obtained textual content messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade trainer on the school, 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 college earlier that morning and was off duty, together with his weapon at house.

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

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

With people fleeing to a funeral residence throughout the street, Albarado said he wished to get inside the college as fast as he might.

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

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

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado stated he guided people to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Aid. Big aid."

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

While Border Patrol agents have been 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 wouldn't have been a smart move for me to get into the constructing," he stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

During a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Safety mentioned the varsity district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a assessment of the police response.

For his part, Albarado stated he wasn't ready to assess the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing everything of their power they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com