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 said.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males obtained text messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic 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 faculty, and their daughter is a student there.

"I requested my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, advised CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the college earlier that morning and was off responsibility, together with his weapon at house.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, they usually rushed to the chaotic scene. Law enforcement officials were already there, and Albarado began helping.

"Kids are coming out the home windows," he stated.

With folks fleeing to a funeral residence across the road, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the school as quick as he might.

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

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

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado said he guided people to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Reduction. Large relief."

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

While Border Patrol agents had been on the team that breached the classroom where 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 constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

Throughout a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Division of Public Security stated the varsity district's police chief did not initially send 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 assessment of the police response.

For his part, Albarado stated he wasn't able to assess the response.

"I do know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they were doing everything in their power they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com