Tourist shot during robbery in Florida

A tourist was shot in the leg early today during a robbery attempt outside his hotel in Orlando, Florida.

Thomas Quay, 50, of Biggar, South Lanarkshire in Scotland, had returned to the Travelodge in a car with travelling companion Annette Wilkins when two men in another car called him over.

When he approached the car, a passenger pulled out a gun and said: “Give me the money,” according to a police report.

Mr Quay grabbed the gun and started struggling with the suspect. Ms Wilkins ran over and began striking the suspect in the hand with car keys, the report said.

The victims then ran toward a stairwell as they were chased by the two suspects.

Mr Quay was struck in the upper right leg with a bullet as he began running up a stairwell. He was taken to a local hospital with a non-life-threatening wound. The suspects then fled.

Michael Pingston, general manager of the hotel, said he had doubled security at the hotel “to make sure this is an isolated incident”.