The phrase "firearm discharged" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to firearms, law enforcement, or safety reports to indicate that a gun has been fired.
Example: "The investigation revealed that the firearm discharged accidentally during the handling process."
Alternatives: "gun fired" or "weapon discharged."
"The officer's firearm discharged".
The firearm discharged, killing him.
The firearm discharged, and the bullet went through the apartment, crossed a breezeway, and entered the baby's apartment.
Nichols prefers the quick and the oblique (only once is a firearm discharged in "Shotgun Stories," and it's pointed at a tire), and finales of any grandeur don't suit his skills.
Davalos was in the backseat of a car where drug activity was occurring when the firearm discharged, causing a round to go through the back of the driver's seat and striking him in his back.
In 2012, 11,622 people in the United States were killed by a firearm discharged during an intentional act of violence, and an additional 57,077 were injured.
There has also been a 16.5% increase in the number of firearms discharged in the capital compared with the previous 12 months.
"While working, I heard a firearm discharge," he told local television station WRDW.
Dig a little deeper and you find that there were no handgun-related deaths that year, 12 long-gun deaths (rifle, shotgun or other large gun – which, considering that rifles are licensed to rural hunters in France, makes sense), and 128 "by other & unspecified firearm discharge (includes airguns, BB guns and flare guns)".
Incarcerated with a two year sentence stemming from an accidental firearm discharge in November 2008, Burress has little hope of returning to an NFL field until the 2011 season at the earliest.
Yet in a study of New York City police officer line-of-duty firearm discharges when the target was a person, officers reportedly hit their intended targets 28percentt of the time in 2006, and 17percentt of the time in 2005.
