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 both males got text messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an active shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor on the faculty, 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 News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off obligation, together with his weapon at house.

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

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral home throughout the street, Albarado stated he wanted to get inside the varsity as fast as he could.

"I used to be performing as a husband and a father," he said.

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

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

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

"We need to get the children out of right here," Albarado said he advised the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the kids out. This is our time."

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado mentioned he guided folks to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado said. "Reduction. Huge reduction."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers were 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 would not have been a smart decision for me to get into the building," he stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

During a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the varsity district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned as a result of he thought it was now not an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a review of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com