A Sylmar man could face 100 years to life in state prison after being charged with one count of murder in the Dec. 1 shooting that killed a 24-year-old bystander who was headed to her car with friends after a night out near 4th Street and Pacific Avenue in Downtown.

Thomas McCreary, 42, appeared in a Long Beach courtroom Tuesday afternoon for the first time since being arrested Friday night in connection with the shooting death of Anna Perez.

The murder charge also carried special allegations of personally and intentionally discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury and death.

The court-date was postponed and McCreary did not enter a plea to the charges.

Perez was hit and killed by a stray bullet on Dec. 1 after McCreary reportedly got into an argument with a person and fired multiple shots, prosecutors said. She was not involved with either party in the argument.

Prosecutors also said McCreary is a parolee and was convicted of first-degree residential burglary in 2007.

McCreary’s arraignment was delayed to Dec. 20 after his attorney requested the proceedings to be continued. He is being held in lieu of $4 million bail.