The word 'gunfire' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the sound of guns being fired, or to describe a situation when people are firing guns. For example: "The city was filled with chaotic gunfire as protesters clashed with police".
Two people have been killed and at least 22 others injured when gunfire rang out at a large house party in a Houston suburb, sending partygoers fleeing in panic, authorities said.
After five hours of watching their feet as they hunted for him, he listened as they came up with a plan: they would let off a round of gunfire and tell the commander that Jean Paul had been killed.
"We have always been concerned with bread and butter issues, working on the ground to make ordinary people's lives better, but some people have commented it is easier to hear the republican message without the sound of bombs and gunfire".
There is gunfire all around, rockets are landing".
The truce was broken early in southern Deraa province when three people were wounded by gunfire from security forces dispersing protesters, Reuters reports citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The cavernous interior, criss-crossed by escalators, was reverberating to the sound of gunfire and explosions.
They mounted a brief insurgency and suffered disease, gunfire and rape.
An official from Michoacán state, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press, said all the dead were men and most died from gunfire.
The shriller Govian sound and gunfire will, I suspect, leave little mark in the end.
Every night I heard heavy gunfire – from automatic rifles to big anti-aircraft-style machine guns, mortars and artillery.
As dawn breaks over the sea and ancient stone churches turn pink, the morning's stillness is broken by volleys of gunfire.
