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 mentioned.

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

She's a fourth grade teacher on the college, 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 News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the college earlier that morning and was off responsibility, along with his weapon at house.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, and so they rushed to the chaotic scene. Police officers had been already there, and Albarado began serving to.

"Children are popping out the windows," he mentioned.

With folks fleeing to a funeral home across the road, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the school as quick as he may.

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

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

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

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

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

The officers began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado mentioned he guided people to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Reduction. Big relief."

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

While Border Patrol agents were on the staff 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 good move for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

Throughout a press conference last week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Security stated the varsity district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was situated because he thought it was now not an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a assessment of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they have been doing every little thing in their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com