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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males bought text messages in regards to the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an active shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher on the faculty, and their daughter is a pupil there.

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

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

"Children are popping out the windows," he mentioned.

With individuals fleeing to a funeral home across the street, Albarado stated he wanted to get inside the varsity as quick as he could.

"I was acting as a husband and a father," he said.

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral house, however she informed him their daughter was locked in a faculty restroom.

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

He finally discovered 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 children out of right here," Albarado said he informed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the kids out. This is our time."

The officers began opening classroom doorways, and Albarado said he guided people to safety.

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

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents were on the staff 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 good move for me to get into the constructing," he stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

Throughout a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety mentioned the varsity district's police chief did not initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was located because he thought it was 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 said, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I believe they had been doing every part in their energy they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com