Round Rock police have identified the man fatally shot in an officer-involved shooting this Tuesday as 50-year-old Adam MacLean, a Round Rock resident. The incident started with a 911 call about an erratic driver, which led to a confrontation where MacLean was shot by an officer and also sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound, FOX 7 Austin reported. He died at the scene; no officers were injured during the exchange.
The officer involved, Nathan Sosa, a member of the Round Rock Police Department since 2020, has been placed on administrative leave, in accordance with department policy, while the shooting is under investigation by the Texas Rangers with the assistance of the Round Rock Police Department. The pursuit began after MacLean left the scene of a crash on Westinghouse Road and fled into a wooded area, where "he was later located using drones, "in a statement obtained by FOX 7 Austin.
Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks provided details on the sequence of events at a news conference early Wednesday, explaining that the situation unfolded on Tuesday night, around 9:40 p.m. after a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 35 South. Police used a drone to find MacLean, who had moved into a tree-lined area and started shooting at the drone and officers. Banks stated that MacLean "shot at the drone and at officers for several minutes," but the officers, unable to locate MacLean, did not return fire initially.
However, the arrival of a SWAT team changed the dynamics of the situation. Officer Sosa, as part of that team, discharged his weapon during the encounter. This marks the first officer-involved shooting in Round Rock in more than a year, according to Chief Banks. The aftermath of the event led to the temporary closure of Interstate 35 South at Westinghouse Road, which was reopened later that night at 11:55 p.m., confirmed by police, the Austin American Statesman reports.
The circumstances surrounding MacLean's fatal shooting remain under examination, amidst questions about the use of force and the procedural actions taken by law enforcement in response to MacLean's erratic behavior and subsequent armed standoff. The concurrent investigations by the local department, and state authorities promise scrutiny and, hopefully, clarity in an incident that ended a life and marked a somber threshold for the involved officer and the community he serves.
