List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, April 2014
# List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, April 2014

This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in April 2014, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. The listing documents the occurrence of a death, making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or officer involved. Killings are arranged by date of the incident that caused death. Different death dates, if known, are noted in the description. The table below lists 21 people.

## April 2014

| Date | Name (Age) of Deceased | State (City) | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2014-04-30 | Hamilton, Dontre (31) | Wisconsin (Milwaukee) | Christopher Manney shot Dontre Hamilton 14 times. Manney was fired from the police department in October 2014. |
| 2014-04-30 | Conley, Michael (47) | Oregon (Salem) | Officer David Baker responded to a domestic dispute and found Conley armed with a knife. Conley allegedly advanced on Baker, who fatally shot him in the head. |
| 2014-04-29 | Arnold, Jeremy (37) | Washington (Spokane) | Arnold returned to the scene of a murder in which he was a suspect, drove through a barricade, and stepped out with what appeared to be a gun. Officers fired and killed him some 20 yards from a group of reporters and photographers. |
| 2014-04-29 | Green, Herbert Earl (46) | Nevada (Las Vegas) | Officers shot down Green during a barricade situation at a home. |
| 2014-04-26 | Ramsey, Samantha (19) | Boone County, Kentucky | A deputy responding to a field party is hit by Samantha Ramsey's car. After jumping on the hood of the car he fires four bullets through the windshield, hitting and killing Ramsey. The Ramsey family raised a wrongful death complaint against Brockman and the Sheriff's Department, in April 2015. |
| 2014-04-26 | Norford, Clyde (31) | Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands | Police shot Norford following an interaction, after officers were informed Norford had a firearm. |
| 2014-04-21 | Hawkes, Mary (19) | Albuquerque, New Mexico | A young woman suspected of auto theft was shot and killed by Albuquerque police officer Jeremy Dear following a foot chase. Officer Dear was fired in December 2014 for repeatedly not using his body camera. |
| 2014-04-21 | Mayo, Michael (30) | Dallas, Texas | After a high-speed chase, SWAT officers shot and killed the armed Mayo. |
| 2014-04-17 | Carmack, Kim | Indianapolis, Indiana | Sgt. Ryan Anders, an officer on administrative leave for alleged domestic violence, broke into the home of his estranged wife, Kim Carmack, also an officer, and killed her and then himself. |
| 2014-04-17 | Anders, Ryan | Indianapolis, Indiana | Sgt. Ryan Anders, an officer on administrative leave for alleged domestic violence, broke into the home of his estranged wife, Kim Carmack, also an officer, and killed her and then himself. |
| 2014-04-13 | Thomas, Maynard (67) | Hampstead, North Carolina | Neighbors say police were called after Thomas crashed a golf cart into his neighbor's garage. A trooper arrived at Thomas's house and shot Thomas multiple times after he allegedly pointed a gun at the trooper. Witnesses at the scene reported that officers approached without lights on and did not ring the doorbell, and that Thomas was not aware that they were police. |
| 2014-04-13 | Lauro Avechuco (40) | Sierra Vista, Arizona | Officer Justin Dannels stopped Avechuco for speeding. After stopping briefly, Avechuco fled into a nearby neighborhood and stopped again in the 3900 block of Mahonia Place. At this point, police say, Avechuco accelerated his vehicle toward Dannels, who fired his sidearm several times, killing Avechuco. |
| 2014-04-13 | Ramirez, Richard (38) | Billings, Montana | Ramirez was pulled over in a car occupied by three others, in which he was a backseat passenger in. Billings PD Officer Grant Morrison told Ramirez to put his hands up at least twice and claimed that he was moving his hands a lot. Morrison fired three shots at Ramirez, and continued to tell him to put his hands up and lay on the seats. Ramirez later died. Morrison claimed that he thought Ramirez had a weapon on him. On January 7, 2015, a grand jury declined to indict Morrison of a crime, and the shooting was considered by prosecutors to be justified. |
| 2014-04-12 | Burdine, Gary (41) | Verona, Kentucky | Police responded to a call of an intoxicated man. As they were leaving, he followed them and brandished a gun. An officer fired, killing him. |
| 2014-04-12 | Villanueva, Rolando (24) | Yakima, Washington | The deceased suspect has been identified as Rolando H. Villanueva, 24, of Yakima. He rammed police cars after his vehicle got free from being stuck in rocks during a pursuit. |
| 2014-04-10 | Winkler, John (30) | Los Angeles, California | Three deputies fired at Winkler, killing him, when he fled from an apartment where he had been held captive. The alleged attacker, who has been charged with attempted murder and torture, had been holding his roommate and two others in the apartment. Winkler and another man were running out the door when deputies arrived. Police say they found the attacker assaulting the third victim inside the apartment after they killed Winkler. Winkler's family tentatively reached a settlement with the county of Los Angeles in April 2015. |
| 2014-04-10 | Van Camp, Robert (23) | Clovis, California | Fresno County sheriff's deputies shot and killed a 23-year-old man early Thursday at a home in a rural area east of Buchanan High School. |
| 2014-04-08 | Doering, Travis (40) | Las Vegas, Nevada | More details have been released into the most recent officer-involved shooting in Las Vegas. |
| 2014-04-05 | Jones, Robert Antonio (24) | Coral Hills, Maryland | Police heard gunshots and saw Jones walking away holding his side. When they approached him, he reached for a gun in his waistband. One officer shot him; he died in hospital. |
| 2014-04-04 | Santiago, Michael (35) | Vermont (Brattleboro) | On April 4, Santiago, 35, of Brattleboro, was shot and killed by Brattleboro Police Department Sgt. Mark Carignan during the service of a search warrant on Room 301 of America's Best Inn on Putney Road. The search warrant was obtained as the result of an ongoing drug investigation and authorized police to search the room for drugs and Santiago. |
| 2014-04-03 | Spafford, Cody (26) | Seattle, Washington | Spafford was suspected of an armed bank robbery earlier in the day. After a two-and-a-half hour manhunt, police located him. According to police, he brandished a knife and charged at them. Spafford was shot multiple times. |
