Police say Dorchester man didn't give up gun without a fight

Boston Police report arresting Sherome Pight, 26, on gun charges after, they say, he tried to run away from officers and, when cornered, put up "a violent struggle" before being cuffed.

Police say drug-unit officers on an assignment in the area of Acadia and Adams streets around 11:15 a.m. yesterday when:

Officers made observations of an individual who they believed exhibited behavior consistent with a person carrying a gun. Additional officers from Area C-11 were called in to assist as the Drug Unit officers attempted to stop the suspect. Upon seeing the officers, the suspect began to run away in an effort to elude the officers. The suspect was stopped a very short distance away and put up a violent struggle with the officers. He continued to resist and fight the officers until he eventually was placed into handcuffs. Recovered from the suspect was a loaded Smith and Wesson Lady Smith 32 Magnum revolver.

Pight was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm with altered serial numbers and assault and battery on a police officer, police say.

Innocent, etc.