During the Uvalde capturing, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse texted him for assist. “I requested my barber if he had a gun,” he said.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men acquired text messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an active shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor at the school, 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, instructed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off responsibility, along with his weapon at home.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, and so they rushed to the chaotic scene. Cops were already there, and Albarado started helping.

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

With people fleeing to a funeral home across the street, Albarado said 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 home, but she informed him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

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

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

"We have to get the youngsters out of here," Albarado said he advised the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the youngsters out. This is our time."

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado mentioned he guided folks to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Aid. Massive reduction."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers were 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 move for me to get into the building," he stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate defense."

Throughout a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety mentioned the school district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located because he thought it was now not an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com