Overview
- Arizona’s Mohave County Medical Examiner said Tuesday that Darrell Sheets, 67, died by suicide.
- Officers found him at his Lake Havasu City home around 2 a.m. on April 22 with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene and the case went to the department’s Criminal Investigations Unit.
- Lake Havasu City police said they are aware of colleagues’ reports that Sheets faced online harassment and that those allegations are part of the active investigation.
- Sheets appeared in about 163 episodes of A&E’s Storage Wars from 2010 to 2023, earned the nickname “The Gambler,” and later ran an antiques shop in Lake Havasu City after 2019 heart problems.
- Family members and former castmates have shared tributes, and officials have not announced any charges or named suspects as the inquiry continues.