Throughout the Uvalde capturing, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse 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 males obtained textual content messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

"I asked 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 faculty earlier that morning and was off duty, along with his weapon at residence.

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 started serving to.

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral residence throughout the street, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the school as quick as he might.

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

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

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

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

"We have to get the kids out of right here," Albarado mentioned he instructed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the youngsters 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, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Reduction. Massive relief."

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

While Border Patrol agents had been on the crew that breached the classroom where 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 building," 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 said the college district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated as a result of he thought it was now not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I consider they had been doing everything of their power they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com