Throughout the Uvalde capturing, an off-duty federal agent’s wife 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 obtained text messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty 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 trainer 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, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the school earlier that morning and was off responsibility, 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 have been already there, and Albarado began serving to.

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral house throughout the street, Albarado mentioned he needed to get inside the school as quick as he may.

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

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

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

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

The officers began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado stated he guided people to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Relief. Massive aid."

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

While Border Patrol brokers have been on the staff 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 move for me to get into the building," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

During a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety stated the college district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was positioned as a result of he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing everything in their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com