During 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 men bought textual content messages in regards to the shooting unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an active shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha said in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade trainer 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, instructed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the school earlier that morning and was off duty, along with his weapon at dwelling.

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

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

With people fleeing to a funeral home throughout the road, Albarado said he wished to get inside the college as quick as he may.

"I used to be acting as a husband and a father," he stated.

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral residence, however she advised him their daughter was locked in a college restroom.

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

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

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

The officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado mentioned he guided individuals to safety.

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

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

Whereas Border Patrol agents had been on the group that breached the classroom where the gunman was holed up, Albarado wasn't in that group.

"I did not have my gear, and so it would not have been a smart decision for me to get into the constructing," he mentioned. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough defense."

Throughout a press conference final week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety mentioned the college district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located because he thought it was no longer an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com