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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men obtained textual content messages in regards to the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor on the college, and their daughter is a scholar there.

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, advised CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the school earlier that morning and was off obligation, along with his weapon at home.

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral house across the street, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the varsity as quick as he might.

"I used to be appearing as a husband and a father," he stated.

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral dwelling, but she informed him their daughter was locked in a college restroom.

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

He eventually learned 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 here," Albarado stated he informed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the children out. That is our time."

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado said he guided individuals to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Large reduction."

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents have been on the workforce 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 decision for me to get into the constructing," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

During a press conference last week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Security mentioned the varsity district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a review of the police response.

For his part, Albarado stated he wasn't ready to evaluate the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I consider they had been doing all the pieces in their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com