Throughout the Uvalde capturing, an off-duty federal agent’s spouse texted him for help. “I requested my barber if he had a gun,” he mentioned.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both males acquired text messages concerning the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

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

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

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

With individuals fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the street, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the school as quick as he could.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral home, however she told him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

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

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

"We need to get the children out of right here," Albarado stated he told 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 people to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, noticed my daughter," Albarado stated. "Reduction. Large aid."

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

While Border Patrol agents were on the crew 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 good move for me to get into the constructing," he said. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate defense."

During a press convention last week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the school district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was situated because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a evaluation of the police response.

For his half, Albarado said he wasn't able to assess the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, heart of hearts, I consider they have been doing every little thing of their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com