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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men obtained textual content messages concerning the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an energetic shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral residence across the road, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the school as quick as he could.

"I was performing as a husband and a father," he stated.

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

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

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

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

The officers started opening classroom doors, and Albarado mentioned he guided people to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Reduction. Big aid."

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

While Border Patrol agents had been 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 would not have been a smart decision for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

During a press conference final week, the pinnacle of the Texas Division of Public Safety stated the school district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a assessment of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com