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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men obtained text messages concerning the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor at 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 Safety agent, instructed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the faculty earlier that morning and was off responsibility, with his weapon at residence.

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

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

With people fleeing to a funeral home across the street, Albarado mentioned he needed to get inside the varsity as fast as he might.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral dwelling, however she advised him their daughter was locked in a school 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 have to get the children out of here," Albarado stated he informed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the children out. This is our time."

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado stated he guided people to security.

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

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents had been on the staff that breached the classroom the place 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 decision for me to get into the constructing," he mentioned. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

Throughout a press conference last week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the college district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned because he thought it was now not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a review of the police response.

For his half, Albarado said he wasn't ready to evaluate the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I imagine they were doing everything in their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com