Study: Poor contact hurt theater shooting response

A new report says medical personnel responding to the Colorado theater shooting struggled to get to some of the victims due to poor communication about how best to reach them.

The study of the response to the July 2012 shooting that killed 12 people was commissioned by the Denver suburb of Aurora and released Wednesday.

It says medics trying to get to the severely wounded were stopped by moviegoers rushing out of the theater, and first responders lacked a coordinated effort to transport them to hospitals. However, the study concludes that the problems didn’t cause any loss of life and praises quick thinking by first responders amid the chaos.

It says the first police unit arrived at the theater within two minutes of the first 911 call.