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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when both men got textual content messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's wife Trisha mentioned 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 Protection agent, instructed CBS Information on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the faculty earlier that morning and was off duty, 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 were already there, and Albarado started helping.

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

With people fleeing to a funeral home throughout the road, Albarado stated he needed to get inside the varsity as fast as he could.

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

His spouse let him know she made it to the funeral house, but she advised him their daughter was locked in a school restroom.

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

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

"We need to get the children out of here," Albarado mentioned he instructed 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 stated he guided individuals 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 varsity parking zone.

Whereas Border Patrol brokers were on the workforce that breached the classroom where 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 building," he stated. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a good enough protection."

Throughout a press conference last week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Security mentioned the school district's police chief didn't initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a review of the police response.

For his part, Albarado stated he wasn't in a position to assess the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he stated, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I imagine they had been doing every thing in their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com