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

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

She's a fourth grade trainer at 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 school 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. Police officers had been already there, and Albarado began serving to.

"Children are coming out the home windows," he mentioned.

With people fleeing to a funeral house throughout the street, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the varsity as quick as he could.

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

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

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

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

"We need to get the kids out of here," Albarado stated he instructed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the kids out. That is our time."

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Relief. Huge aid."

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

While Border Patrol agents had been on the workforce 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 would not have been a good move for me to get into the constructing," he stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

Throughout a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Security mentioned the varsity district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

For his part, Albarado mentioned he wasn't in a position to evaluate the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com