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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men got textual content messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor at the school, and their daughter is a pupil there.

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

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

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

With people fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the road, Albarado stated he wanted to get inside the college as fast as he may.

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

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral home, however she instructed him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

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

He finally discovered 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 kids out of here," Albarado mentioned he instructed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the kids out. This is our time."

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Big relief."

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

While Border Patrol brokers had been on the group that breached the classroom the place 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 move for me to get into the building," he stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate defense."

During a press convention last week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the college district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated because he thought it was not an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a review of the police response.

For his half, Albarado said 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 were doing every thing of their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com