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 males received textual content messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor at the faculty, 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 faculty earlier that morning and was off duty, along with his weapon at house.

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

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

With people fleeing to a funeral residence across the road, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the varsity as quick as he could.

"I was acting as a husband and a father," he stated.

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

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado stated he guided individuals to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Aid. Huge reduction."

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

While Border Patrol brokers were 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 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 protection."

Throughout a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Security mentioned the college district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was located because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

For his part, Albarado stated he wasn't ready to evaluate the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com