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 said.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men obtained textual content messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an active shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade trainer 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 Safety agent, informed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off responsibility, with his weapon at home.

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

"Kids are coming out the windows," he stated.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral home throughout the road, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the college as fast as he may.

"I used to be performing as a husband and a father," he said.

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 did not know what restroom," Albarado mentioned.

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

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado said he guided folks to safety.

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

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

While Border Patrol brokers were on the workforce 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 good move for me to get into the building," he stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

Throughout a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Safety stated the varsity district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned because he thought it was now not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com