SEATTLE — A Seattle man was sentenced this week to 364 days in jail for killing cats in the city’s Georgetown neighborhood, bringing closure to a case that mobilized community volunteers and sparked a fight for justice.
Antoine Tyrant, also known as Antoine Runner, was handed the sentence after being arrested in April on animal cruelty charges. He will receive credit for time served. The case centered on attacks on cats living beneath Seattle’s interstate, an area where the nonprofit Alley Cat Project maintains a colony of feral cats.
The string of attacks began in 2023, when volunteers with the Alley Cat Project discovered evidence that cats were being “brutally victimized,” according to Emersen Phillips, a member of the organization. Multiple cats died, with evidence linking at least two deaths to Tyrant…