In the course of the Uvalde capturing, an off-duty federal agent’s wife texted him for help. “I requested my barber if he had a gun,” he stated.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men got textual content messages concerning the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor on the college, and their daughter is a student 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 at the faculty earlier that morning and was off responsibility, with his weapon at dwelling.

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

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the street, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the college as fast as he could.

"I used to be acting as a husband and a father," he stated.

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

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

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

"We need to get the youngsters out of right here," Albarado mentioned he advised 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 individuals to security.

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

He hugged and kissed her, and shortly she was heading to the college parking lot.

While Border Patrol brokers have been on the workforce 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 mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate defense."

Throughout a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Safety mentioned the college district's police chief did not initially ship 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 Division is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

"I do know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they were doing all the things of their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com