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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men obtained textual content messages concerning the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, instructed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the school earlier that morning and was off obligation, together with his weapon at residence.

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 started serving to.

"Children are coming out the home windows," he stated.

With folks fleeing to a funeral house across the street, Albarado stated he wished to get inside the school as quick as he could.

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

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

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

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

"We have to get the youngsters out of here," Albarado stated he instructed 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 folks to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Relief. Huge aid."

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents have been on the staff 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 decision for me to get into the building," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

During a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Security mentioned the college district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated as a result of he thought it was now not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they were doing every little thing of their power they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com