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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males received textual content messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, and they rushed to the chaotic scene. Law enforcement officials were already there, and Albarado started helping.

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

With people fleeing to a funeral home across the road, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the school as fast as he could.

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

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

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

He ultimately learned 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 here," Albarado mentioned he advised the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the kids out. This is our time."

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided folks to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Reduction. Large reduction."

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

While Border Patrol agents were on the group 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 decision for me to get into the building," he stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

Throughout a press convention last week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Security said the college district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was located because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

For his half, Albarado said he wasn't in a position to assess the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com