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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men received text messages concerning the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher on 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, advised CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at 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 began serving to.

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral residence throughout the street, Albarado said he needed to get inside the school as quick as he might.

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

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

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

He ultimately 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 said he instructed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the children out. That is our time."

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado said he guided individuals to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Reduction. Big aid."

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

While Border Patrol agents have been on the workforce 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 decision for me to get into the constructing," he mentioned. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

Throughout a press convention final week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Security stated the school district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a review of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I consider they have been doing all the pieces in their power they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com