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Person injured near Curtis Hixon Park in downtown was not from a shooting, police say

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What Tampa Police Department officials initially reported as a shooting in the area of Curtis Hixon Park, turned out to be just an individual with a head injury Friday evening.

According to a news release, " there was a lot of confusion at the onset of this investigation and it was not reported correctly." 

Investigators say an individual suffered a non-life-threatening injury to the head, but are still investigating the incident. 

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