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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both males bought text messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor at the college, 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, informed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off obligation, along with his weapon at home.

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 began serving to.

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

With people fleeing to a funeral house throughout the street, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the college as fast as he could.

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

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

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

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

"We have to get the youngsters 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 began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided folks to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Reduction. Large aid."

He hugged and kissed her, and soon she was heading to the varsity car parking zone.

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

Throughout a press convention last week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Safety mentioned the school district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located because he thought it was not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a assessment of the police response.

For his part, Albarado said he wasn't able to evaluate the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I believe they were doing every thing in their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com