One person was hurt Monday afternoon in what police are preliminarily calling an unintentional shooting in Harrisburg.

According to Police Chief Thomas Carter, the victim was shot in the left thigh in Long Street, near the area of 18th and Boas streets, and the injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.

Carter said witnesses have told police the victim -- described as a man in his 20s --and several other people were apparently "playing" with a gun sometime after 1 p.m. when there was a discharge and the victim was struck.

It was not immediately clear if the victim shot himself or if he was hit by another person, Carter said, because in his own initial statements to police, the victim claimed that he had been robbed and shot.

Carter noted that contradicts all available witness reports received to this point.

"He shot himself, or one of his friends shot him," the chief said, adding the incident remain under investigation.

Immediately after the shooting, the victim was placed in a car that police located near 20th and Herr streets about 1:20 p.m. He was then taken for medical treatment.