Through the Uvalde capturing, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse texted him for help. “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 capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an active shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade trainer on 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, instructed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off obligation, together with his weapon at house.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, they usually rushed to the chaotic scene. Police officers were already there, and Albarado began helping.

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral home throughout the road, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the varsity as quick as he could.

"I used to be acting as a husband and a father," he said.

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

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

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

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

The officers began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado stated he guided folks to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Massive reduction."

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

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

Throughout a press convention last week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety mentioned the school district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing the whole lot of their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com