Chilling new details have emerged in the tragic suicide of Storage Wars star Darrell Sheets as police have released bodycam footage and 911 audio from the day he died.
Sheets’ distraught girlfriend, whose identity has not yet been made public, reported the 67-year-old’s death to Lake Havasu City authorities after he took his own life via a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his Arizona home on April 22, 2026.
‘I think he just killed himself … I just heard a gun go off,’ Sheets’ girlfriend could be heard saying in the harrowing 911 call, which was obtained by TMZ on Thursday.
When asked if she had seen anything, the woman said she ‘didn’t want to look.’
After the 911 operator encouraged her to breathe, Sheets’ girlfriend remarked that she ‘[couldn’t] believe’ what had occurred before indicating that Sheets was in his home office while she was positioned in the garage.
The Daily Mail has reached out to the Lake Havasu City Police Department for further information on the story.
Chilling new details have emerged in the tragic suicide of Storage Wars star Darrell Sheets as police have released bodycam footage and 911 audio from the day he died; seen in 2010
Sheets’ girlfriend said that the reality TV star had not previously threatened to take his own life.
However, she did not that Sheets had been ‘frustrated’ by a ‘lack of sleep’ and family troubles, describing the situation as ‘terrible, terrible s***.’
At that point, Sheets’ girlfriend told the operator that she had seen flashing lights on the horizon as first responders arrived to the scene on April 22.
In bodycam footage TMZ obtained, first responders revealed that Sheets still had the gun he used in his hand when they discovered his body.
First responders explained that they were cautious about approaching Sheets due to the potential of rigor mortis causing the late star’s finger to touch the trigger of the firearm.
One of the first responders recognized Sheets from his career on TV, noting his fame from Storage Wars.
The officer explained how Sheets and his son were the people who would purchase the storage units seen on the program.
According to an incident report, Sheets left a suicide note which referenced cyberbullying he said he had been dealing with ahead of his tragic death, according to the authorities.
It read, ‘I could not take anymore the Facebook bullying, f*** you [redacted].’
Prosecutors have passed on filing charges related to the alleged bullying, police said in the report reviewed by TMZ, as the Lake Havasu City Attorney’s Office said the case was stymied in the wake of Sheets’ death because he could not provide further information about his claims.
Sheets’ distraught girlfriend, whose identity has not yet been made public, reported the 67-year-old’s death to Lake Havasu City authorities after he took his own life via a self-inflicted gunshot wound on April 22
The reality star was seen in 2013 in NYC at an A&E event
He told his girlfriend to ‘go back to bed’ before she heard the sound of a gunshot, the report stated.
Sheets had been dealing with insomnia in the months prior to his passing, as his girlfriend told investigators that stress often left him unable to sleep, according to the report.
Sheets appeared on a total of 163 Storage Wars episodes on A&E from 2010 to 2023.
A bio on the show’s website touted his business skills, ‘Boasting a big game, Darrell is quick to tell you about the four Picassos and the world’s most lucrative comic book collection that he has scored through storage auctions.’
Sheets suffered a heart attack in 2019, and he went on to run a shop called Havasu Show Me Your Junk in Arizona in subsequent years.
He had been candid about his past battles with depression, calling it ‘the Devil’s way of attacking us’ in a powerful Instagram post from June 2018.
‘It knows no mercy, it takes our smiles it comes and goes, it ruins our relationships, it takes away our happiness, it leads to suicide in some cases, it destroys all thoughts of positivity, it is a 24/7 battle and allows no rest for the suffering [sic],’ Sheets wrote. ‘It’s a very real deal.’
The TV personality advised his followers, ‘So please next time someone tells you they have Depression, be kind and know that they spend every minute they have breathing, suffering!!!’
If you or someone you know needs help, please call or text the confidential 24/7 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the US on 988. There is also an online chat available at 988lifeline.org.
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