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Medical Examiner Rules Death of 'Storage Wars' Star Darrell Sheets a Suicide

Police are reviewing cyberbullying claims linked to the case.

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.