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 got textual content messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School 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 trainer on the college, 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, advised CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the faculty earlier that morning and was off duty, together with his weapon at house.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the street, Albarado said he wished to get inside the college as fast as he may.

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

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral house, but she told him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

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

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

"We have to get the kids out of right here," Albarado mentioned he informed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the children out. That is our time."

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado said he guided individuals to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Massive aid."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers have been on the crew 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 would not have been a smart decision for me to get into the constructing," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

During a press convention final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Department of Public Safety mentioned the varsity district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated because he thought it was now not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I believe they were doing all the things in their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com