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

Jacob Albarado was in his barber's chair when each men got textual content messages in regards to the taking pictures unfolding at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, final week. "There's an lively shooter. Assist. Love you," Albarado's spouse Trisha stated in three messages at 11:41 a.m.

She's a fourth grade teacher on the college, 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, told 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. Police officers have been already there, and Albarado started helping.

"Youngsters are popping out the windows," he stated.

With people fleeing to a funeral dwelling across the road, Albarado mentioned he needed to get inside the varsity as fast as he may.

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

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

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

He eventually learned his daughter was in a restroom situated 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 told the officers. "… The shooter's over there. We have to get the kids out. This is our time."

The officers started opening classroom doorways, and Albarado said he guided individuals to safety.

"First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter," Albarado mentioned. "Reduction. Large reduction."

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

Whereas Border Patrol brokers had been on the staff 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 wouldn't have been a smart move for me to get into the constructing," he stated. "I did not have my vest. A shotgun's not a adequate defense."

Throughout a press convention final week, the top of the Texas Department of Public Security stated the varsity district's police chief did not initially ship officers into the classroom where the gunman was located as a result of he thought it was not an active-shooter situation. The U.S. Justice Division is conducting a evaluate of the police response.

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

"I know my fellow officers," he mentioned, "and … to me, coronary heart of hearts, I consider they were doing everything of their power they may do."

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com