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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men received text messages in regards to the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an active shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor at the college, 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, told CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off duty, together with his weapon at home.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, they usually rushed to the chaotic scene. Cops were already there, and Albarado began helping.

"Youngsters are popping out the windows," he stated.

With people fleeing to a funeral home throughout the street, Albarado stated he needed to get inside the college as quick as he could.

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

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

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

He finally learned 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 here," Albarado mentioned he advised the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the children out. This is our time."

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided folks to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Aid. Huge reduction."

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

While Border Patrol brokers had been on the team 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 building," he stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

During a press conference final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the college district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com