A Youngstown man was sentenced today to 27 1/2 years in federal prison for his conviction on charges that he shot an agent during an undercover drug deal last year.

William "Jack" Amos, 23, was convicted in May in U.S. District Court in Cleveland of charges of attempting to kill a federal agent, assault on a federal agent, using a firearm in a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Mr. Amos was convicted of a 2004 burglary.

Last July, Mr. Amos had carried a .40-caliber semi automatic pistol when he met an agent of the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Youngstown for the drug deal.

Mr. Amos fled after the shooting, but he turned himself in early the next day.

"Amos forfeited his freedom and his youth when he pulled the trigger and attempted to murder a federal agent," said ATF Special Agent Christopher P. Sadowski.