TMZ was the first to report the news on Wednesday, April 22, and the outlet said that the Lake Havasu Police in Arizona said that Sheets seemingly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Sheets was known as “The Gambler” and quickly became a fan favorite on A&E’s Storage Wars after joining the reality TV series in 2010. He appeared in 167 episodes of the long-running show and he was often accompanied by his son, Brandon Sheets.
Sheets previously dealt with some health issues, and in 2019, he revealed he had been hospitalized after suffering a “mild heart attack.”
In a since-deleted Instagram post, he wrote, per TV Insider, “I have congestive heart failure and a severe issue going on with my lung.”
Sheets later gave fans an update on his health and he was seemingly doing better after telling fans he had “two heart attacks and heart surgery.”