During the Uvalde shooting, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse texted him for help. “I asked my barber if he had a gun,” he stated.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both males obtained textual content messages in regards to the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor on the faculty, and their daughter is a student there.

"I requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, advised CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the faculty earlier that morning and was off duty, 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 began serving to.

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral home throughout the road, Albarado said he needed to get inside the school as quick as he may.

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

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

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided people to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Relief. Huge relief."

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

While Border Patrol brokers have been on the staff 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 good move for me to get into the building," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

During a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety stated the varsity district's police chief didn't 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 review 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 said, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they were doing all the things of their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com