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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men obtained textual content messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an active shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife 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 requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on 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, they usually rushed to the chaotic scene. Law enforcement officials were already there, and Albarado started serving to.

"Children are popping out the windows," he mentioned.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the road, Albarado said he wished to get inside the college as fast as he could.

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

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral residence, but she instructed him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents have been on the team 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 ok defense."

During a press conference final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Safety stated the varsity district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a review of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I consider they have been doing every little thing of their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com