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In moments of shock, fright, terror, voice pitch tends to rise. Even a bass would find some tenor in those circumstances. I can see "roar" as possible, but it might jolt some readers out of the story. A bad choice, although I think the writer had a definite image in mind, but perhaps has not put it across well.
(One word that always gets me is "ring" specifically as in "a shot rang out". The phrase is hackneyed as well, but to my mind gunshots to not "ring". I have heard a few gunshots, from back powder muzzle loaders through .22 long rifle to military rifle. Never a ring, not even in an enclosed environment. Whenever I read that phrase I wonder if the author had ever heard a gun fired. I can't imagine Dirty Harry's .44 Magnum "ringing out". Your ears may ring afterwards, but it hasn't happened to me.)
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