During the Uvalde shooting, an off-duty federal agent’s wife 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 men acquired text messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse 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 asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, advised CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off obligation, together with his weapon at house.

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

"Youngsters are popping out the home windows," he stated.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the street, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the college as quick as he may.

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

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral home, but she advised 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 located inside her classroom. Albarado met up with two officers close to the classroom.

"We have to get the kids out of right here," Albarado said he instructed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the kids out. That is our time."

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Massive reduction."

He hugged and kissed her, and soon she was heading to the college parking lot.

While Border Patrol agents have 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 decision for me to get into the building," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

Throughout a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Security stated the school district's police chief did not 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 overview 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, heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing the whole lot of their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com