Man booked for a misdemeanor, sentenced to life for same-day brutal attack

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A Caddo District judge has issued a ruling for a Shreveport man convicted of fatally beating a fellow prisoner in the city jail.

Initially arrested for simple battery, a misdemeanor, Andrew Drew Adaway, 37, will now serve the rest of his natural life in prison.

Andrew Drew Adaway, 37, was convicted of fatally beating 72-year-old Bobbie Young on June 3, 2022.

Young had been arrested for drug offenses shortly before Adaway was booked…

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