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

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

She's a fourth grade instructor on the college, and their daughter is a pupil 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 at the school earlier that morning and was off obligation, together with his weapon at residence.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, and they rushed to the chaotic scene. Law enforcement officials were already there, and Albarado started serving to.

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral house across the street, Albarado stated he wanted to get inside the college as quick as he may.

"I used to be acting as a husband and a father," he mentioned.

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral home, but she instructed him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Big aid."

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

While Border Patrol agents have been on the staff 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 wouldn't have been a good move for me to get into the constructing," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

Throughout a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Security said the varsity district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was positioned as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

For his part, Albarado said 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 consider they were doing the whole lot of their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com