Throughout the Uvalde shooting, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse texted him for assist. “I requested my barber if he had a gun,” he said.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both males bought text messages in regards to the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last 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 faculty, 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, told CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the school earlier that morning and was off obligation, along with his weapon at residence.

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

"Children are popping out the home windows," he said.

With people fleeing to a funeral home across the street, Albarado stated he needed to get inside the college as fast as he could.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral dwelling, but she told him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Relief. Massive aid."

He hugged and kissed her, and shortly she was heading to the varsity parking lot.

Whereas Border Patrol agents were on the workforce 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 decision for me to get into the building," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate defense."

Throughout a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Security stated the varsity district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated as a result of he thought it was now not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a review of the police response.

For his part, Albarado mentioned he wasn't ready to evaluate the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing the whole lot in their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com