Tyss Harris and Talint Curtis are facing murder charges after allegedly committing a break-in where the third man involved was shot and killed by the tenant.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — 23-year-old Tyss Harris and 25-year-old Talint Curtis are facing murder and armed burglary charges in connection to a 2022 break-in death, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

JSO said on Sep. 1, 2022, officers responded to an apartment complex off Kernan Road in reference to a shooting. Officers said they spoke with an apartment tenant who reported three masked men broke into his apartment. The masked men fired shots and the tenant fired back.

Less than an hour later, officers were called to a hospital on 103rd Street where 23-year-old Melvin Keepler Jr. was found outside with a gunshot wound. He later passed away from his injuries. 

JSO’s Homicide Unit launched an investigation into what happened to Keepler Jr. As it progressed, detectives determined that Keepler, Harris, and Curtis were the three masked men who broke into the apartment. 

The tenant was hiding in the bathroom with his girlfriend and their infant child as the masked men tried hitting and kicking the door, according to the arrest report. The tenant shot Keepler Jr. through the bathroom door, and police said Harris and Curtis took him to the hospital and left him outside.

Florida statute says that if multiple people are committing a felony together and one of them is killed, then the other people involved can be charged with that person’s murder.

An arrest warrant was obtained on June 24, 2025, for Harris, and he was taken into custody the same day.

Curtis was arrested in Bay County, Florida, on Feb. 24, 2026. He was transported back to Duval County and booked into the jail on Feb. 27.