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 said.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men bought textual content messages concerning the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher on the faculty, and their daughter is a pupil there.

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

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the street, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the school as fast as he may.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral home, but she informed him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided folks to safety.

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

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

While Border Patrol brokers were on the group 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 wouldn't have been a smart decision for me to get into the building," he mentioned. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

During a press convention final week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Security said the varsity district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a assessment of the police response.

For his part, Albarado stated he wasn't able to assess the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I consider they were doing every little thing of their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com