Minister Held On Gun Charge In Son's Death

This was very sad, I remember the house they lived on being on Old Orchard Road..

Sept. 6 1996 — A Greenwich, Conn., minister pleaded not guilty today to a firearms charge stemming from the accidental shooting death of his 13-year-old son.

The Rev. Kevin Thomas Greene, pastor of Greenwich Baptist Church, was charged last week with criminally negligent storage of a firearm. His son, Kevin Thomas Greene Jr., was fatally shot in the chest by his younger brother on Aug. 22 during a game of ''army,'' the police said. They said the boys were home alone when their father's shotgun went off. Their parents were out celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary.

Mr. Greene did not speak during his brief arraignment in State Superior Court in Stamford. He was accompanied by his wife, Diana, also a minister at Greenwich Baptist, and about 40 friends and parishioners.

Mr. Greene's lawyer, Michael Sherman of Stamford, criticized the police for charging Mr. Greene in the case, noting the family's ordeal and the fact that forensic tests on the shotgun are still incomplete.