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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men acquired text messages concerning the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse 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, told CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the college earlier that morning and was off duty, with his weapon at house.

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

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral residence throughout the street, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the college as quick as he may.

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

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

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

He ultimately learned his daughter was in a restroom situated inside her classroom. Albarado met up with two officers close to the classroom.

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

The officers began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado said he guided individuals to safety.

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

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers were on the team that breached the classroom where 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 constructing," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

Throughout a press conference final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Safety mentioned the varsity district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated as a result of 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 in a position to assess the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com