Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Ian David Geiger
Age : 33
Gender : Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 07/06/2022
Location : Near State Route 512 and South Tacoma Way
City : Lakewood
County : Pierce
State : Washington
Agency : Lakewood Police Department; Milton Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
REASON FOR CHASE: Bystander killed during a pursuit connected to a Milton Police Department investigation of a road-rage incident involving a firearm. Lakewood police located the SUV associated with the investigation, and a Lakewood K-9 officer followed it while waiting for backup. Driver Jamshid Foster Aflatooni then fled into a residential neighborhood.
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NARRATIVE:
On 07/06/2022, 33-year-old Ian David Geiger of Lakewood was fatally injured when an SUV fleeing Lakewood police struck him in the driveway of his home in a residential neighborhood near State Route 512 and South Tacoma Way.
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Milton police had been investigating a road-rage incident involving a firearm. Lakewood police subsequently located an SUV associated with that investigation. A Lakewood Police Department K-9 unit followed the SUV while waiting for additional officers.
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Driver Jamshid Foster Aflatooni fled into the residential neighborhood. A short time later, Aflatooni reversed his SUV and rammed the Lakewood police vehicle twice.
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Geiger and his wife were inside their home when they heard the commotion. They looked outside and saw the SUV speeding and spinning its tires with police behind it. Geiger told his wife to move back, retrieved a shotgun and went outside.
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Prosecutors determined that Aflatooni drove toward Geiger at approximately 47–57 mph. The SUV struck Geiger, throwing him over his parked vehicle and pinning him against the garage door. Geiger fired two shots into the SUV's grille as he was struck.
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Geiger suffered severe internal bleeding and other traumatic injuries. He was transported to Madigan Army Medical Center and died from his injuries the following morning. His obituary records his full name as Ian David Geiger, born 06/09/1989 and died 07/07/2022.
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Aflatooni was initially charged with second-degree murder, three counts of second-degree assault and attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle. His competency became an issue early in the criminal case, and psychological evaluations concluded that he was experiencing severe mental health problems at the time of the crash.
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Aflatooni ultimately pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter. The murder, assault and attempting-to-elude charges were dismissed under the plea agreement. Prosecutors sought a sentence of two years and three months, but the judge imposed an exceptional sentence of 77 days, time served, and Aflatooni received no additional jail time.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Lakewood Police Department did not publicly identify the K-9 officer who initially followed Aflatooni's SUV or the other officers involved in the police response in the sources located.
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