An arrest was made into the Dec. 21 homicide of Travis L. Hayes on Kankakee’s east side.

Kankakee Police Chief Chris Kidwell said Wednesday morning 47-year-old Joseph M. Harris, of Kankakee, was taken into custody.

According to Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department online records, Harris is being held on the charge of first-degree murder. He was booked Tuesday into Jerome Combs Detention Center.

Hayes was shot and killed with a shotgun during an apparent armed robbery at an apartment in the 1200 block of East Oak Street, Kankakee police said last week.

Hayes, of Kankakee, and an accomplice apparently tried to force their way into an apartment, police said last week.

This is the fifth homicide in the city of Kankakee this year.

More information was expected to be released later today by Kankakee police, Kidwell said.