Mark Anthony Stroman (October 13, 1969 – July 20, 2011)[1] was an American neo-Nazi and spree killer who was executed in Texas for murder.

In 2001, Stroman carried out a shooting spree in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, killing two people and seriously injuring a third.

His motive for the shooting spree was "revenge" for the September 11 attacks, as he specifically targeted Arabs or people who looked "of Muslim descent."

[3] On September 15, 2001, Stroman walked into a Pleasant Grove convenience store in Dallas, Texas, called Mom's Grocery.

He encountered 46-year-old Waqar Hasan, a Muslim Pakistani immigrant who owned the store and had moved to the area that same year.

[4] On September 21, Stroman walked into a gas station in Dallas, where he encountered 28-year-old Rais Bhuiyan, a former Bangladeshi air force pilot who worked there as a cashier.

[6] On October 4, Stroman shot and killed 49-year-old Vasudev Patel, a Hindu Indian immigrant who worked at a gas station in Mesquite, Texas.

[7] Stroman murdered Patel during an attempted armed robbery at the gas station, which was caught on video by a store security camera.

Patel fell to the floor and lay dying while Stroman tried to force open the cash register.

[9] He told police he was avenging the deaths of those who died on 9/11 and had targeted his victims specifically because they looked like people "of Muslim descent".