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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males got text messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife 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, informed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the faculty earlier that morning and was off duty, along with his weapon at dwelling.

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

"Kids are coming out the home windows," he stated.

With people fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the street, Albarado stated he needed to get inside the varsity as quick as he could.

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

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

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado said. "Reduction. Massive aid."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers 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 building," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

Throughout a press convention final week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Security said the varsity district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was positioned because he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a assessment of the police response.

For his half, Albarado stated he wasn't able to assess the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they had been doing all the pieces in their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com