A former Los Angeles Police Department officer who fatally shot an unarmed homeless man in Venice in 2015 pleaded not guilty Friday to a murder charge.

Clifford Proctor, 60, was indicted last year on the charge, which includes allegations of causing great bodily injury and use of a deadly weapon. The case remained on hold, however, until Oct. 16, when Proctor — who had apparently been living abroad — was arrested when he disembarked a plane at Los Angeles International Airport.

Proctor appeared in a downtown courtroom Friday morning and pleaded not guilty to the charge. He remains jailed in lieu of $2 million bail.

Proctor fatally shot Brendon Glenn, 29, on May 5, 2015, following an apparent dispute that occurred between Glenn and a bar bouncer just steps away from Venice Beach boardwal

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