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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both males bought text messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an active shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor at the school, and their daughter is a pupil there.

"I requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the faculty 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 so they rushed to the chaotic scene. Cops had been already there, and Albarado began helping.

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral house across the road, Albarado stated he needed to get inside the school as fast as he may.

"I used to be acting 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 faculty restroom.

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado stated he guided individuals to safety.

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

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers were on the crew 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 wouldn't 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 good enough defense."

Throughout a press conference last week, the pinnacle of the Texas Department of Public Security said the school 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 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 in a position to evaluate the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I imagine they had been doing every part of their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com