In the course of 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 both males bought text messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade trainer at the faculty, 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, informed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off responsibility, together 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 have been already there, and Albarado began helping.

"Children are coming out the windows," he stated.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral house throughout the road, Albarado said he needed to get inside the varsity as quick as he might.

"I was performing as a husband and a father," he stated.

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

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

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Aid. Big aid."

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents had been on the group that breached the classroom the place 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 decision for me to get into the building," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

During a press conference final week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Security said the college district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place 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 evaluation of the police response.

For his part, 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 all the pieces in their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com