Harley Dawn Reese, 31, a white woman from Shenandoah, was shot inside a row home at 307 West Centre Street around 1 a.m. on July 3, 2025, during a domestic incident that drew borough and state police to force entry after a chilling text to a third party read, “everyone is dead.” Officers found two men upstairs and downstairs with gunshot wounds and Harley Dawn Reese, 31, a woman, gravely injured; she was airlifted to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. The Montour County coroner later reported that Harley Dawn Reese, 31, a woman, suffered gunshot wounds to the head and was declared brain dead on July 4 before dying that day.
Pennsylvania State Police identified the shooting scene as a domestic setting and described the episode as isolated. According to the coroner and state police, Kevin Gordon, 40, of Berwick, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was identified as the shooting suspect in the deaths of Thomas “Cosmo” Chernewski, 63, and Harley Dawn Reese, 31, a woman. With the suspect deceased, authorities did not announce arrests; investigators from Troop L continued to lead the case as a homicide-suicide with no danger to the public.
In the immediate aftermath, first responders described a chaotic scene triggered by a welfare call, a forced entry into the home, and the rapid transport of Harley Dawn Reese, 31, a woman, in critical condition. Reports through the weekend confirmed she did not survive, while local outlets and the county coroner clarified the timeline and causes of death for all three victims. Harley Dawn Reese, 31, a woman, sometimes spent time at the West Centre Street home to help Thomas Chernewski, identified as her father.
Community notices and memorial pages marked the loss of Harley Dawn Reese, 31, a woman, as family prepared arrangements following the hospital confirmation of her death. Regional coverage and obituary listings echoed the coroner's account, placing her final hours at Geisinger Medical Center after the July 3 shooting in Shenandoah.
