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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men acquired text messages concerning the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the road, Albarado stated he wanted to get inside the school as quick as he could.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral residence, however she instructed him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

He eventually discovered his daughter was in a restroom situated 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. This is our time."

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Reduction. Large relief."

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

While Border Patrol agents have been on the team that breached the classroom where 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 mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

Throughout a press conference last week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Security said the school district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was positioned as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I consider they were doing every thing in their power they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com