A man who went out to shoot immigrants in revenge for the September 11th attacks was sentenced to death for killing a petrol station owner.
The Dallas jury that convicted stone worker Mark Stroman (32) of murder on Tuesday condemned him to death for killing Vasudev Patel (49), a naturalised US citizen from India, last October.
Stroman maintained his actions were due to his anger over the September 11th attacks.
He is also charged over the September 15th shooting death of Waqar Hassan, a convenience store owner from Karachi, Pakistan, and the wounding of Mr Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a Bangladeshi immigrant shot on September 21st.
Stroman showed no reaction when the sentence was read. But as he rose to be led out of court, he saluted toward the bench and said: "Thank you, judge".