Through 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 acquired textual content messages in regards to the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an energetic shooter. Help. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha mentioned in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

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

"I asked 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 at the faculty earlier that morning and was off obligation, together with his weapon at house.

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

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

With folks fleeing to a funeral dwelling throughout the road, Albarado said he wanted to get inside the school as fast as he may.

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

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

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

He ultimately learned 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 children out of here," Albarado stated he instructed the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We need to get the kids out. That is our time."

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

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado said. "Aid. Large relief."

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

While Border Patrol agents were 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 good move for me to get into the building," he said. "I didn't have my vest. A shotgun's not a ok protection."

During a press conference final week, the head of the Texas Department of Public Security stated the college district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was positioned because he thought it was not an active-shooter scenario. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a review of the police response.

For his part, Albarado stated he wasn't ready to evaluate the response.

"I know my fellow officers," he said, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I consider they had been doing everything in their power they could do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com