Crime & Safety
Beloved High School Basketball Coach Found Fatally Shot Inside Home In Auburn Gresham
"The hours that he lay there without someone knowing that he was there were probably the nail in his coffin," his sister Karolyn Rose said.
July 30, 202
A well-known basketball coach who mentored students for decades was found shot and killed in an Auburn Gresham home on Wednesday morning.
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While some might remember Tim Bankston as a star basketball player at Simeon Career Academy, his sisters Karolyn and Jennifer, along with his great-niece Kailey-Rose, say he was the biggest giver.
"He was always willing to help on and off the court," Kailey Rose said.
