VAN NUYS >> A 22-year-old man remained jailed Wednesday while awaiting a hearing next month to determine if he should stand trial for the shotgun killing of his girlfriend in Tarzana.

Dominick Teret pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a murder charge stemming from the shooting death last Sunday of his girlfriend, Jensenia Baca, at his apartment in the 6200 block of Reseda Boulevard.

The 21-year-old woman died at a hospital about 7 p.m. Sunday.

Teret, who’s being held in lieu of $2 million bail, is due back in a Van Nuys courtroom Jan. 6 for a preliminary hearing.

If convicted as charged, he faces a possible maximum life prison sentence, according to the District Attorney’s Office.