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 bought text messages concerning the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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

"Children are coming out the home windows," he said.

With folks fleeing to a funeral residence across the road, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the school as fast as he may.

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

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Reduction. Massive aid."

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

While Border Patrol brokers were on the workforce 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 good move for me to get into the constructing," he stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

Throughout a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the varsity 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 now not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a overview of the police response.

For his part, Albarado mentioned he wasn't able to assess the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they were doing every thing in their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com