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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both males got text messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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

With people fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the road, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the school as quick as he could.

"I was appearing as a husband and a father," he stated.

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

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Aid. Large relief."

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

While Border Patrol agents had been on the crew 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 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 good enough protection."

During a press convention last week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Safety said the varsity district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was now not 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 said, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I consider they had been doing the whole lot of their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com