More heartbreaking new details about Darrell Sheets’ death have been revealed in a police report.
The 67-year-old Storage Wars star was found dead at his home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, on April 22.
According to the Lake Havasu Police Department, officers responded to the scene around 2AM and discovered Sheets had died from an apparent 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,” police said in a statement at the time.
Darrell Sheets sadly passed away. Credit: Albert L. Ortega / Getty
Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office later confirmed that Sheets died by suicide.
As part of the investigation, authorities carried out a toxicology report, which found no drugs in his system.
The report stated that tests were conducted for substances including benzodiazepines, cocaine, fentanyl, and other drugs, but all results were negative.
The medical examiner’s report also described the late reality star’s body as “that of a well-developed, well-nourished adult male”.
Police report reveals possible suicide note
Nearly three months after Sheets’ death, a Lake Havasu City Police Department incident report obtained by Entertainment Weekly revealed investigators discovered what appears to be a suicide note.
According to the report, a crime scene technician found the note inside a black basket in a bathroom closet “next to where the decedent was found.”
Written in handwriting described as “shaky,” the note read: “I could not take anymore the Facebook bulling [sic], f*** you [redacted].”
Police said the note had been written on the back of a document dated February 20, 2026, approximately two months before Sheets died.
The detective leading the investigation also interviewed Sheets’ brother, who told cops the former reality star had claimed to have a “stalker” back in January.
The report further details a Facebook post made by Sheets on March 9, in which he alleged he had “been hacked by a very evil person” living in Keizer, Oregon.
“I’m extremely sorry and sick over this, these people have ruined me… people are showing up to my work and wanting to harm me,” Sheets wrote, adding that police were “aware” of the situation but their hands were tied “because Facebook allows this.”
“If something happens to me,” he concluded, “it was [redacted] and his wife.”
According to the incident report, the detective contacted the couple using several phone numbers linked to them.
The man, whose name is redacted, later returned the call from an anonymous number but was described as “extremely uncooperative” and unwilling to provide any information beyond stating he had been “nowhere near Lake Havasu City or Arizona in the past few days”.
Authorities said that Sheets’ body was found with a “self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.” Credit: A&E Network
Girlfriend described Sheets’ final hours
The report also includes an interview with Sheets’ unnamed girlfriend, who told police he had been under stress in the weeks leading up to his death.
She alleged he had been dealing “with a male slandering his name,” which had caused him severe stress and insomnia.
Days before his death, she said, Sheets’ son Brandon visited him in Lake Havasu, but the pair argued over “family drama” before Brandon left.
On April 21, the day before Sheets died, the girlfriend claimed he received a text message from Brandon’s wife “slandering” her and accusing her of “stealing money” from Sheets, leaving him “sad and upset.”
She told investigators the couple later went to bed together, but at some point during the night, Sheets got up and went into his office.
When she followed him, she believed she saw him sitting in a chair “with a handgun to his head.” According to the report, Sheets shouted at her to “go back to bed.”
As she backed out of the room, she told police she “heard one gunshot” before running to the garage to call 911.
Police have revealed the discovery of a possible suicide note written by Darrell Sheets before his death on April 22. Credit: Albert L. Ortega / Getty
Cyberbullying allegations surfaced after his death
Following news of Sheets’ death, close friend and Storage Wars co-star René Nezhoda publicly claimed the reality star had endured months of severe cyberbullying before his passing.
In a video shared on Instagram, Nezhoda said: “Darrell has been posting a lot about the guy that’s been cyberbullying him and tormenting him, and I really hope [law enforcement] look into that guy and it’s just not a pass.”
Laura Dotson, who is an auctioneer on Storage Wars, later echoed those concerns, claiming Sheets had been deeply affected by the alleged harassment.
“His family told us that this has been happening for three years,” she said. “Cyberbullying is a real thing. This made him feel less than, and it really obviously bothered him.”
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