Police investigating claims that ‘Storage Wars’ star Darrell Sheets was ‘tormented’ by cyberbully before tragic death

“Storage Wars” prima Rene Nezhoda believes cyberbullying whitethorn person played a portion successful the tragic decease of castmate Darrell Sheets.

“He had this guy, like, really, really tormenting him lately and cyberbullying [him],” Nezhoda said successful an Instagram video shared soon aft news collapsed of Sheets’ decease Wednesday astatine property 67.

“Darrell has been posting a batch astir nan feline that’s been cyberbullying him and tormenting him, and I really dream [law enforcement] look into that feline and it’s conscionable not a pass,” he added.

Sergeant Kyle Ridgway, nationalist accusation serviceman for nan Lake Havasu City Police Department, told Page Six Wednesday, “We are alert of these cyberbullying accusations and that is simply a portion of nan progressive investigation.”

“Guys, conscionable because you watch america connected tv doesn’t mean you cognize us,” Nezhoda told his followers successful his video. “It doesn’t mean you cognize what we’re about.”

The reality prima added successful his connection to fans that thing entitles personification to bully personification else.

“As a matter of fact,” he said, “if you person personification successful your life that thinks it’s funny to cyberbully different group … slap them successful nan backmost of nan head.”

“Make them go a amended quality being, because you ne'er cognize what demons personification faces and what they spell done and what you mightiness push them through,” he continued, urging fans to “be better.”

Elsewhere successful his video, Nezhoda said of his relationship pinch Sheets — which he said galore fans whitethorn not person seen connected nan A&E series.

“I cognize a batch of you guys deliberation we hated each different because we competed a batch connected nan show and, you know, we had our moments,” he explained. “We had our run-ins, but that’s because we were some competitors, right?”

“Deep down, maine and Darrell were friends,” he continued. “We talked each now and then. He’s a very difficult worker that cared much than anyone I’ve astir apt ever met astir their family.”

According to a press merchandise from nan Lake Havasu City Police Department obtained by Page Six, Sheets died from an evident self-inflicted gunshot coiled to nan head, and his assemblage was recovered astatine his home.

“The antheral was pronounced deceased connected scene, and nan Lake Havasu City Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit was notified and responded to nan segment to presume nan investigation,” nan merchandise read.

The property merchandise noted that Sheets’ family had been notified, and his assemblage was turned complete to nan Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office for further investigation.

Sheets was a fan-favorite formed personnel connected “Storage Wars,” a show which follows master buyers who bid connected chartless contents recovered successful retention units that were either abandoned aliases not paid for.

He was featured successful 163 episodes of nan bid betwixt 2010 and 2023 and earned nan nickname “The Gambler” complete nan years owed to his penchant to overbid for units connected gut instinct.

In nan years pursuing his clip connected “Storage Wars,” Sheets retired to Arizona and ran nan ancient shop Havasu Show Me Your Junk up to nan clip of his death.

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