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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both males obtained text messages concerning the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the street, Albarado mentioned he needed to get inside the school as fast as he might.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral home, but she instructed him their daughter was locked in a college restroom.

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Reduction. Huge reduction."

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

While Border Patrol agents were on the team 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 smart move for me to get into the building," he stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

During a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Safety stated the school district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a overview of the police response.

For his part, Albarado said he wasn't ready to evaluate the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com