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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men bought text messages in regards to the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an active shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned 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 asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the faculty earlier that morning and was off duty, together with his weapon at home.

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

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the street, Albarado stated he wanted to get inside the college as fast as he might.

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

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

"I didn't know what restroom," Albarado mentioned.

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

"We have to get the youngsters out of 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 started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided people to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Reduction. Huge aid."

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

While Border Patrol agents have been 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 wouldn't have been a smart move for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

Throughout a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Security said the school district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a assessment of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they had been doing the whole lot in their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com