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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each males bought text messages about the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, last week. "There's an lively 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 college, 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 responsibility, with his weapon at house.

The barber did have a gun. Albarado took it, a shotgun, and they rushed to the chaotic scene. Cops have been already there, and Albarado began serving to.

"Kids are popping out the home windows," he mentioned.

With people fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the street, Albarado mentioned he wanted to get inside the school as quick as he might.

"I was appearing as a husband and a father," he stated.

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

"I did not know what restroom," Albarado mentioned.

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

"We need to get the youngsters out of right here," Albarado mentioned he advised the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the kids out. That is our time."

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado said he guided folks to security.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado said. "Relief. Large aid."

He hugged and kissed her, and shortly she was heading to the school parking lot.

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

Throughout a press conference last week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the school district's police chief did not initially send 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 assessment 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 were doing all the pieces in their energy they might do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com