Throughout 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 each men bought text messages in regards to the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an active shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher at the faculty, and their daughter is a student there.

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, advised CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off duty, along with his weapon at house.

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

"Children are popping out the windows," he mentioned.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral residence across the road, Albarado mentioned he needed to get inside the varsity as quick as he might.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral residence, however she informed him their daughter was locked in a college restroom.

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

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

"We need 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. This is our time."

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Reduction. Huge aid."

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents have been on the crew 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 good move for me to get into the building," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

Throughout a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Security stated the varsity district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated because he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a assessment of the police response.

For his part, Albarado stated he wasn't ready to assess the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I consider they were doing every little thing in their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com