Posted on 07/21/2018 6:23:57 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
George H.W. Bush offered condolences on Friday after a cardiologist who previously treated the former president was killed in a drive-by shooting.
Bush, 94, issued a statement through his spokesman on Twitter after authorities said Dr. Mark Hausknecht was shot and killed by a fellow cyclist while riding near the Texas Children's Pavilion for Women in downtown Houston.
"Mark was a fantastic cardiologist and a good man," Bush said in the statement. "I will always be grateful for his exceptional, compassionate care. His family is in our prayers."
Bush spokesman Jim McGrath added that the nation's 41st president was "deeply saddened by the tragic circumstances."
A suspect in the shooting was described as a 20 to 30-year-old Hispanic man, but a motive has not yet been released by police, who say road rage could have been involved, according to CNN.
HPD Executive Assistant Chief Troy Finner said at a news conference Friday that Hausknecht's shooting was likely caught on city surveillance cameras.
"There are a lot of cameras so we're hoping we can get some footage of this and bring this violent criminal into custody, where he needs to be right away," he said, according to the Houston Chronicle.
As a cyclist, the most dangerous animals I've encountered on our mixed-use trails are idiot pedestrians who walk two or three abreast. We call them bikeway turtles.
And then there are the doofuses who let their dogs run wild across the path, or let them nip at passersby.
Right of way per local law goes to pedestrians, you just proved my point.
And a bike is considered to be a motor vehicle UNTIL YOU HIT ONE and then they suddenly become a PEDESTRIAN!!!
Figure that one out...
You are saying the Jews did it. Come on man, serious up.
A little mutual courtesy goes a long way.
A bicyclist, mentioning mutual courtesy. LOL
That’s like a Congressman mentioning trustworthiness.
Yeah, I see it every day where a cyclist runs a car off the road, or flips off a driver who’s hogging the lane.
Clintons and Bushes are family.
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