Darrell Sheets, the former star of Storage Wars, has died at the age of 67. According to a report by the Havasu Police Department, Sheets died of an apparent suicide.
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 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.
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 appeared on A&E’s reality series Storage Wars from 2010 to 2023, appearing in over 150 episodes of the show over those years. He similarly made appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Rachael Ray Show. During his run on Storage Wars, Sheets bid on storage lockers that had been abandoned, making money from selling items found within them. He often teamed with his son, Brandon Sheets, who appeared in over 100 episodes of the reality show between 2010 to 2016.
Darrell Sheets, the former star of Storage Wars, has died at the age of 67. According to a report by the Havasu Police Department, Sheets died of an apparent suicide.
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 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.
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 appeared on A&E’s reality series Storage Wars from 2010 to 2023, appearing in over 150 episodes of the show over those years. He also made appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Rachael Ray Show. During his run on Storage Wars, Sheets bid on storage lockers that had been abandoned, making money from selling items found within them. He often teamed with his son, Brandon Sheets, who appeared in over 100 episodes of the reality show between 2010 to 2016.
