Throughout 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 each men bought textual content messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

"I requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, advised 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, they usually rushed to the chaotic scene. Police officers were already there, and Albarado began serving to.

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral home throughout the road, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the college as quick as he may.

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

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

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Relief. Large reduction."

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

While Border Patrol brokers were on the staff 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 said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

During a press conference last week, the pinnacle of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the college 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 evaluate of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I believe they had been doing every little thing of their energy they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com