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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males got textual content messages in regards to the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an active shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, told CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the school earlier that morning and was off obligation, 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 had been already there, and Albarado started helping.

"Kids are coming out the windows," he mentioned.

With people fleeing to a funeral house across the street, Albarado stated he needed to get inside the school as quick 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 house, however she instructed him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado stated he guided folks to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Relief. Huge aid."

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents had been on the crew 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 would not have been a good move for me to get into the constructing," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

During a press convention final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Department of Public Security mentioned 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 not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

For his half, Albarado mentioned he wasn't in a position to assess the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they were doing the whole lot in their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com