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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men bought textual content messages in regards to the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha said 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, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the college earlier that morning and was off duty, together with his weapon at residence.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral residence across the road, Albarado stated he needed to get inside the varsity as fast as he could.

"I used to be appearing as a husband and a father," he stated.

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

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

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

"We have to get the youngsters out of right here," Albarado said he advised 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 mentioned he guided individuals to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Relief. Big reduction."

He hugged and kissed her, and shortly she was heading to the school parking lot.

While Border Patrol brokers have been on the staff 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 move for me to get into the building," he mentioned. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

Throughout a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Security stated the college 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 not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

For his half, Albarado mentioned he wasn't in a position to assess the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I believe they were doing the whole lot of their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com