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

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

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

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

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

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the road, Albarado said he wished to get inside the school as quick as he may.

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

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral home, but she instructed him their daughter was locked in a college restroom.

"I didn't know what restroom," Albarado said.

He finally 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 kids out of here," Albarado stated he advised the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the youngsters out. This is our time."

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado mentioned he guided folks to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Huge relief."

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents have been on the team 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 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 ok protection."

Throughout a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Safety stated the college district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated 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 part, Albarado said he wasn't in a position to evaluate the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com