In the course of the Uvalde capturing, an off-duty federal agent’s wife texted him for help. “I asked my barber if he had a gun,” he stated.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men obtained textual content messages in regards to the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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.

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

With people fleeing to a funeral residence across the street, Albarado said he needed to get inside the varsity as quick as he might.

"I was acting as a husband and a father," he said.

His wife let him know she made it to the funeral home, but she advised him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

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

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

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado said he guided individuals to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Relief. Massive aid."

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

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

During a press convention last week, the pinnacle of the Texas Department of Public Security mentioned the college district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing all the pieces of their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com