โStorage Warsโ star Darrell Sheets was found dead by police on Wednesday in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. He was 67.
According to Variety, which obtained a report from the Lake Havasu City Police Department, Sheets died from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The statement said that on Wednesday around 2 a.m., officers were dispatched to Sheetsโ home on Chandler Drive after reports of a deceased individual.
โUpon arrival, officers located a male subject who suffered from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The male was pronounced deceased on scene and the Lake Havasu City Police Departmentโs Criminal Investigations Unit was notified and responded to the scene to assume the investigation,โ the statement read.
โThe body was ultimately turned over to the Mohave County Medical Examinerโs office for further investigation,โ the release continued.
Police said that they identified the man as Sheets and that his family had been notified. โThis incident remains under active investigation, and additional information will be released as it becomes available.โ
Sheets appeared across 15 seasons of the popular A&E reality show โStorage Warsโ from 2010 to 2023. His son, Brandon Sheets, was also a cast member, and the father-son duo was often considered the heart of the show. Darrell would use his not-so-stealthy approach when bidding on storage lockers that he was willing to bet contained what he would describe as โwow factorโ treasures.
โIโm a buyer by trade. I love buying storage sheds. Itโs my addiction,โ he said on the series. โIโm basically known for taking the good stuff and just getting the heck out of here.โ
According to Sheetsโ cast bio, the antiques enthusiast loved to brag about โfour Picassos and the worldโs most lucrative comic book collectionโ that he scored through storage auctions. He told The Times in 2015 that he once invested in a locker and discovered pieces of original artwork by Frank Gutierrez that he said appraised for about $300,000, making for the biggest take in the TV showโs then-five-year history.
Rene Nezhoda, another โStorage Warsโ cast member who was often considered Sheetsโ rival due to their onscreen antics, posted on Instagram after news of Sheetsโ death broke and called out cyberbullies.
โUnfortunately, Darrell Sheets took his own life,โ Nezhoda said. โI know a lot of you guys think we hated each other because we competed a lot on the show, and you know, we had our moments. We had our run-ins, but thatโs because we were both competitors, right?
โDeep down, me and Darrell were friends. We talked every now and then. He is a very hard worker that cared more than anyone Iโve probably ever met about their family, about his son, about [his granddaughter] Zoie.โ
Nezhoda said that Sheets had someone โreally, really tormentingโ him on social media.
The โStorage Warsโ alum then addressed cyberbullies for their treatment of public figures, saying, โJust because you watch us on television doesnโt mean you know us. You never know what demons somebody faces.โ