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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men got textual content messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, informed 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 dwelling.

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

"Children are coming out the home windows," he mentioned.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the road, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the varsity as fast as he may.

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

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

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

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

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

The officers began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided individuals to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Massive reduction."

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

While Border Patrol agents were on the staff 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 move for me to get into the building," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

Throughout a press convention last week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Security stated the varsity district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated because he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

For his half, Albarado stated he wasn't ready to assess the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they were doing every part in their power they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com