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 said.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men received textual content messages in regards to the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

"I requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, advised CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off obligation, together with his weapon at dwelling.

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

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

With people fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the road, Albarado stated he wished to get inside the school as fast as he could.

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

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral home, however she advised him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

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

He finally 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 stated he instructed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the children out. That is our time."

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado mentioned he guided folks to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Aid. Massive reduction."

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

While Border Patrol agents 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 would not have been a smart move for me to get into the constructing," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

Throughout a press convention last week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Security mentioned the varsity district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing all the things in their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com