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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males received text messages concerning the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha said 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 requested 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 faculty earlier that morning and was off responsibility, with his weapon at dwelling.

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.

"Kids are coming out the windows," he stated.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Huge relief."

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

While Border Patrol agents were 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 wouldn't have been a smart decision for me to get into the constructing," he stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

During a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Safety said the varsity district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where 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 evaluate of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com