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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males got text messages concerning the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. 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 Safety agent, told CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off responsibility, with his weapon at residence.

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

"Youngsters are popping out the home windows," he mentioned.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral residence throughout the road, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the college as quick as he could.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral house, however she advised him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

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

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

"We need to get the youngsters out of right here," Albarado stated he informed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the youngsters out. This is our time."

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado said he guided people to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Big reduction."

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

While Border Patrol brokers had been on the staff that breached the classroom where 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 constructing," he stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

During a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Security stated the college district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated because he thought it was now not an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com