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

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

She's a fourth grade teacher 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 Protection agent, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off duty, with his weapon at house.

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

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

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

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral residence, however she instructed him their daughter was locked in a college restroom.

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado mentioned he guided individuals to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Aid. Large relief."

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

While Border Patrol brokers were 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 would not have been a smart decision for me to get into the building," he stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

During a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Security stated the school district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a assessment of the police response.

For his half, Albarado stated he wasn't able to assess the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I imagine they were doing every little thing in their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com