Darrell Sheets, one of the stars of the hit A&E reality series Storage Wars, has died at age 67. Sheets passed away on Wednesday, April 22 in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Local police have since released information on how the reality TV personality died.
“On April 22, 2026, at approximately 0200 hours, officers with the Lake Havasu City Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 1500 block of Chandler Drive in reference to a reported deceased individual. Upon arrival, officers located a male subject who suffered from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head,” the Lake Havasu Police Department said in a statement via Variety. “The male was pronounced deceased on scene and the Lake Havasu City Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit was notified and responded to the scene to assume the investigation.”
Law enforcement added: “The body was ultimately turned over to the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s office for further investigation. The male subject has been identified as Darrell Sheets, a 67-year-old resident of Lake Havasu City and Darrell’s family has been notified. This incident remains under active investigation, and additional information will be released as it becomes available.”
Sheets previously had a heart attack in 2019, but it is unclear if he was suffering from further health problems at the time of his death.
According to Entertainment Weekly, there had been claims that Sheets was cyberbullied prior to his death. “The Lake Havasu City Police Department [of Arizona] is aware of the cyberbullying accusations,” Sgt. Kyle Ridgway told the outlet. “It is a part of the current active investigation.”
The reality star participated as a buyer on Storage Wars — known colloquially on the show as “The Gambler” — for a whopping 15 seasons before taking his leave from the series in the summer of 2023. The competition show focused on teams of buyers attempting to accumulate the most valuable items from various abandoned storage lockers up for sale.
After Sheets’ leave from the long-time series, he retired and moved to Arizona from southern California where Storage Wars is shot. In Arizona, he stayed true to his love of finding gems and ran an antique store called Havasu Show Me Your Junk.
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Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
