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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men bought textual content messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an active shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher 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, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off responsibility, with his weapon at dwelling.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral residence throughout the road, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the school as fast as he might.

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

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral residence, but she informed him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided people to security.

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

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

While Border Patrol agents had been on the group 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 wouldn't 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 good enough defense."

Throughout a press conference final week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Security mentioned the varsity district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned because he thought it was now not an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

For his half, Albarado mentioned he wasn't ready to assess the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they had been doing every part of their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com