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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men got 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 spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher at the faculty, and their daughter is a pupil 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 on the faculty earlier that morning and was off duty, along with his weapon at home.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, and so they rushed to the chaotic scene. Cops had been already there, and Albarado began serving to.

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

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

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral dwelling, however she told him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

"I did not 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 children out of here," Albarado mentioned he informed 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 individuals to security.

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

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers have been on the staff that breached the classroom where the gunman was holed up, Albarado wasn't in that group.

"I didn't have my gear, and so it wouldn't have been a smart move for me to get into the building," he stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok defense."

During a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Safety mentioned the varsity district's police chief did not 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 state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a review of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they had been doing everything in their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com