In the course of the Uvalde shooting, an off-duty federal agent’s wife 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 acquired textual content messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade trainer at the college, 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, instructed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off duty, along with his weapon at dwelling.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the street, Albarado stated he needed to get inside the varsity as fast as he might.

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

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

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Large relief."

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

While Border Patrol brokers have been on the group that breached the classroom the place the gunman was holed up, Albarado wasn't in that group.

"I did not have my gear, and so it would not have been a smart move for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

During a press conference last week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety mentioned the varsity district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was now not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

For his part, Albarado said he wasn't able to assess the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I consider they have been doing every little thing in their power they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com