The phrase "act of shooting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the action or event of discharging a firearm or similar device.
Example: "The investigation focused on the act of shooting that occurred late last night in the downtown area."
Alternatives: "incident of firing" or "event of shooting".
Each image is an act of editing; editing is implicit in the act of shooting.
It was her husband, Ildebrando Zacchini, who perfected the circus act of shooting human beings out of cannons.
You have done so by the barbaric act of shooting them at point-blank range with a sawn-off shotgun".
They might even have taken the lead three minutes later when Lukasz Fabianski denied Chamakh in the act of shooting.
The act of shooting children in the back as they try to flee is no more comprehensible than the act of steering commercial airliners into office buildings.
Just as James was "in the act of shooting a soldier" who had been "smoked out of a cellar," an attractive young girl came to him.
For the first act of "Shoot the Messenger" (which only runs about an hour) Ms. Winstead and Mr. Vaughn gab with other comedians playing equally oblivious guests, announce facetious topics ("Bulimia: how much is too much?" and "The dangers of a free Tibet") and introduce short, satirical news updates.
More than 70 Lynwood residents filed a civil rights lawsuit last September alleging that deputies engaged "in systematic acts of shooting, killing, brutality, terrorism, house-trashing and other acts of lawlessness and wanton abuse of power," especially against Latinos and blacks.
Increasingly, video game designers are attempting to elevate the base act of shooting-the-other-guy-before-he-shoots-you with twists and adornments, setting their games on contemporary battlefields, pocked not only with artillery fire, but also mournful soliloquies.
Solicitor David Pascoe said Bailey was "gunned down in an absolutely senseless act of violence", shot three times as he simply backed out to escape an escalating situation.
Homegrown acts like Sasch BBC, Alle Farben, and Kölsch have been throwing down techno sets here for the past 11 hours, and Croatian star Petar Dundov is wrapping up the final half-hour of his live act, shooting staccato synths from a Drehbank MIDI controller at the few dozen festival-goers still vibing out in the half-empty tent.
