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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men acquired textual content messages about the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade instructor on the school, and their daughter is a scholar there.

"I asked my barber if he had a gun," Albarado, a U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent, instructed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony at the school earlier that morning and was off obligation, with his weapon at dwelling.

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

"Children are coming out the home windows," he said.

With folks fleeing to a funeral home across the road, Albarado said he needed to get inside the college as quick as he may.

"I used to be acting 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 said.

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

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

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Massive relief."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers have been on the team that breached the classroom the place the gunman was holed up, Albarado wasn't in that group.

"I did not have my gear, and so it wouldn't have been a smart move for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate protection."

Throughout a press conference final week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Security stated the school district's police chief didn't initially send officers into the classroom where the gunman was positioned because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a assessment of the police response.

For his half, Albarado mentioned he wasn't able to evaluate the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I believe they were doing every part of their power they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com