Through the Uvalde capturing, 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 both men received text messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor at the school, and their daughter is a scholar there.

"I asked 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 at the college earlier that morning and was off responsibility, along with his weapon at dwelling.

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 started helping.

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

With people fleeing to a funeral home across the road, Albarado said he wished to get inside the varsity as quick as he may.

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

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

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

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 right here," Albarado stated he advised the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the children out. That is our time."

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Large relief."

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

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 did not have my gear, and so it wouldn't have been a smart decision for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

During a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Safety stated 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 state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

For his part, Albarado stated he wasn't in a position to evaluate the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they have been doing all the things of their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com