The 911 call and the police body cam footage from that night Storage Wars star Darrell Spreadsheets the dead are freed, which sheds new light on his death.
Emergency dispatch audio received by Us Weekly on Thursday, July 9, provides important information in the preliminary investigation into Ashidi's April death. Police were first alerted to a disturbance at Sheets' Lake Havasu City, Arizona, home on April 22 when a 911 call was made from a woman whose name was not released but who identified herself as his “girlfriend.” (TMZ was the first to report the news.)
“I think he just killed himself,” the caller told the emergency dispatcher on the phone.
The caller later confirmed that he was in the garage at the time but was reluctant to search the main house for the Spreadsheets.
“I don't want to be seen,” he told the dispatcher over the phone.
After being told to “wait in the garage” until police arrived, the driver expressed shock at Sheets' death.
“Oh my god, I don't believe it,” he admitted to the dispatcher.
The caller later said he did not know anything about Mashidi who tried to harm himself in the past.
A police report obtained by Us Wednesday, July 8, included a subsequent interview with Darrell's unnamed girlfriend in which she told investigators she was “going through issues” before her death.
Us previously discovered that Sheets had been a victim of cyberbullying, a topic he addressed in his apparently suicidal letter that was also revealed in a new police report.
The girlfriend recalled that Darrell was often in a “good mood” in his last days, except for the incident when he allegedly “got into a verbal argument about a family matter” with his son. Brandon. (Darrell also had a daughter named Tiffany.)
Us reached out to Brandon for comment.
Darrell Sheets in 2013.
Laura Cavanaugh/Getty ImagesUs he also found footage from a police bodycam where the officer said to one that Darrell was playing Storage Warsreferring to the signature truck driven by the Spreadsheet family on the original A&E show.
The Lake Havasu City Police Department previously confirmed that Darrell was found dead at the age of 67 on April 22.
“A man was pronounced dead at the scene, and the Lake Havasu City Police Department's Criminal Investigation Unit was notified and arrived at the scene to conduct an investigation,” said a police spokesperson. Us at that time.
Darrell was last seen at his Lake Havasu City antique shop just hours before his suicide, with fans describing him as friendly and cheerful.
Darrell Sheets in 2012.
Jason Kempin/Getty Images for A&E NetworksHowever, many of those who are close to Darrell – including many Storage Wars costars – reported that he had suffered from cyberbullying in the months leading up to his death. The police spokesperson confirmed that Us in April that investigators were “aware of allegations of cyberbullying involved in this incident and these allegations are part of an ongoing investigation.”
Darrell has written extensively on social media about the alleged abuse, including claiming to have a “cyberbully stalker” in one post in March.
“I was robbed by the worst person,” Darrell wrote on Facebook on March 9. “He's a comedian. [The posts] they are not done by me, they are done by … very bad people. I'm not gay, I didn't write about the owner of a children's arcade, etc. I'm so sorry and I'm sick of this.”
Storage Wars stars Laura and Dan Dotson say Darrell Sheets feared for his life because of alleged cyberbullying before his death. “His family told us it's been three years since this happened,” Laura, 57, told Us Weekly exclusively. “[It happens to] even strong men you think will not get their feelings […]
Storage Wars alum Rene Nezhoda she said that's when Darrell confided in her about her concerns about the alleged online harassment.
“I know Darrell would want something good out of this. He's had a boyfriend who's been bullying him lately in cyberbullying,” she told TMZ of Spreadsheet's death. Just because you watch us on TV doesn't mean you know us … doesn't mean you know what we're about. And it doesn't give you the right to torture someone.”
Us received a police report on Wednesday that included a suicide note from Darrell.
“I couldn't take it anymore, Facebook bullying,” she wrote. “F*** you, [redacted].”
Police described making contact with the person Darrell accused of abusing, although they noted the person was “very uncooperative” and insisted he was “nowhere near” Lake Havasu City or Arizona in the days before Darrell's death. The person said they had received “death threats” since Darrell's death but declined to provide more information, according to Lake Havasu City police.
Darrell was a mainstay on A&E Storage Wars from 2010 to 2023, when he was called “The Gambler.”
“We are saddened by the passing away of our beloved member Storage Wars family, Darrell 'The Gambler' Sheets,” an A&E spokesperson told us in April. “Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones at this difficult time.”
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