phillip coopman who runs the downtown d.c. bike shop knows the bicyclist who died, thomas palermo. >> i he -- he was a great person. >> reporter: heather cook allegedly was driving the subaru forrester that hit the bicyclist and left the scene but allegedly returned about 20 minutes later. >> to me she looked disoriented. >> reporter: rachel beck said she couldn't have been oblivious to the situation. >> not with that damage to your windshield. >> reporter: sister station wjz confirmed bishop cook was charged with dui and marijuana possession four years ago. the marijuana charge went away, but bishop cook was ordered under supervised probation for the dui. phillip coopman worried what will get lost in all of that. thomas palermo who died on the type of bicycle he spent a lifetime building. >> he was building frames by hand and that's kind of been lost in baltimore and it was really nice to see somebody go back up there and put that kind of craftsmanship and artsmanship back into the bicycle business in baltimore. >> reporter: now the lawyer for the bishop says she is distraught about the death of the cyclist and is praying for the man