Throughout the Uvalde capturing, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse 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 males obtained textual content messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an active shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha said 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 asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, told CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the faculty earlier that morning and was off responsibility, 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 began serving to.

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

With people fleeing to a funeral house throughout the road, Albarado mentioned he wished to get inside the varsity as fast as he may.

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

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

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

He eventually realized 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 youngsters out of right here," Albarado stated he instructed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the kids out. That is our time."

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado stated he guided folks to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Reduction. Massive relief."

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

While Border Patrol brokers have been on the crew 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 wouldn't have been a smart move for me to get into the building," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

During a press convention final week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Security mentioned the varsity district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was located because he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

For his half, Albarado stated he wasn't able to evaluate the response.

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com