Through the Uvalde capturing, an off-duty federal agent’s wife 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 acquired textual content messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher on 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, instructed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the faculty earlier that morning and was off obligation, along with his weapon at dwelling.

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 serving to.

"Youngsters are coming out the home windows," he said.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the street, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the varsity as fast 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 dwelling, however she informed him their daughter was locked in a college 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 close to the classroom.

"We have to get the kids out of here," Albarado mentioned he instructed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the youngsters out. That is our time."

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Big aid."

He hugged and kissed her, and shortly she was heading to the school parking lot.

Whereas Border Patrol brokers were on the group 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 mentioned. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

During a press convention final week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Security mentioned the school district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was positioned because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a assessment of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com