In the course of the Uvalde capturing, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse texted him for help. “I requested my barber if he had a gun,” he mentioned.

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

She's a fourth grade instructor on the faculty, and their daughter is a pupil 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 on the school earlier that morning and was off duty, along with his weapon at residence.

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

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral house throughout the road, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the varsity as quick as he might.

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

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral house, however she told him their daughter was locked in a college restroom.

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

He finally discovered his daughter was in a restroom positioned inside her classroom. Albarado met up with two officers near the classroom.

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Aid. Huge reduction."

He hugged and kissed her, and soon she was heading to the college 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 wouldn't have been a smart decision for me to get into the building," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

Throughout a press convention last week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Security said the college district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated as a result of he thought it was now 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 ready to evaluate the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com