The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said 21-year-old Michael Wdowiak was showing his handgun to Jeffrey A. Spurr when it discharged a single round while in Spurr's possession. The sheriff's statement said alcohol did not appear to be a factor and there were no charges. Wdowiak and Spurr are with a guard contingent from Ocala staying at the hotel, it said.  Authorities say a member of a Florida National Guard unit assisting at the Republican National Convention has been accidentally shot while examining his personal revolver in a hotel room with another guard member.
– A Florida National Guardsman in Tampa for the Republican National Convention accidentally shot a colleague with the man's own gun. Police say the guardsman was examining the grip on 21-year-old Michael Wdowiak's revolver when it went off, striking Wdowiak in the upper body and left hand, reports the AP. Three other guardsmen in the same hotel room were not injured. Wdowiak, one of 1,700 troops brought to Tampa for the convention, required surgery. Police say alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the accident and no charges were filed, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Earlier this week, a member of Mitt Romney's Secret Service detail caused a scare by leaving a gun in the bathroom of the candidate's plane.