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

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

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

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, instructed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the faculty earlier that morning and was off obligation, along with his weapon at residence.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral home across the street, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the varsity as fast as he might.

"I was performing as a husband and a father," he said.

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

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

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

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

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado said he guided folks to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Aid. Big reduction."

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

While 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 did not have my gear, and so it would not have been a good move for me to get into the building," he stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

Throughout a press conference last week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Safety mentioned the school district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluate 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 mentioned, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they were doing every thing in their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com