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 received textual content messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated 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 asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, told CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the faculty earlier that morning and was off responsibility, along with his weapon at residence.

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

"Children are coming out the windows," he stated.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral house across the road, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the college as fast as he may.

"I was performing as a husband and a father," he said.

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral house, however she told him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Relief. Massive relief."

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

While Border Patrol agents were on the workforce 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 building," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

During a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety stated the school district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluate 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 mentioned, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I imagine they were doing every part in their power they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com