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

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

"I requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, instructed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off responsibility, with his weapon at dwelling.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral residence across the road, Albarado stated he wanted to get inside the varsity as fast as he may.

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

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

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

He ultimately discovered 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 here," Albarado mentioned he instructed 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 mentioned he guided folks to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado stated. "Relief. Massive reduction."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers have been on the staff that breached the classroom where 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 move for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

During a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety stated the school district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing every thing in their power they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com