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 stated.

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males obtained textual content messages concerning the capturing unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an active shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher at 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 Protection agent, instructed CBS News on Wednesday. He had attended an awards ceremony on the faculty earlier that morning and was off responsibility, with his weapon at dwelling.

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

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

With people fleeing to a funeral house across the street, Albarado mentioned he needed to get inside the varsity as fast as he might.

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

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

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

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

"We have to get the kids out of here," Albarado stated he advised 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 said he guided folks to safety.

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

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

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

Throughout a press convention last week, the top of the Texas Division of Public Security stated the varsity district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom the place the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was no longer an active-shooter state of affairs. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a overview of the police response.

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

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

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com