Through the Uvalde capturing, an off-duty federal agent’s wife 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 acquired text messages in regards to the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade trainer at the faculty, and their daughter is a scholar there.

"I requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, advised CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the college earlier that morning and was off responsibility, with his weapon at house.

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 serving to.

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

With people fleeing to a funeral house throughout the street, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the college as quick as he may.

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

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

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

He eventually learned 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 said 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 doors, and Albarado stated he guided individuals to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Huge relief."

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

While Border Patrol agents had 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 would not have been a smart decision for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

Throughout a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Security stated the school district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located because he thought it was 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 evaluate the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com