Mourners gathered Wednesday morning for a memorial to honor an 18-year-old Pepperdine University student killed in the Borderline Bar mass shooting.
Alaina Housley, the niece of actress Tamera Mowry-Housley, was killed in the shooting Nov. 7 in Thousand Oaks. Housley's uncle, former Fox News correspondent Adam Housley and the actress were pleading with the public to help find the 18-year-old before they learned of her death.
Mowry-Housley delivered an emotional tribute to her niece when she returned Monday to "The Real."
"When Alaina would walk in a room, she would change the atmosphere," Mowry-Housley said, describing the late teen as "very sweet, loving and kind.
"She was my niece from marriage, but she was my friend and my sister from my heart."
Housley, who was in her first year at Pepperdine University, was one of 12 victims shot and killed when a gunman opened fire inside the bar during a college night event. The outpouring of grief in the community northwest of Los Angeles in the days and weeks following the attack has included candlelight vigils and memorial services, including one in honor of a Ventura County Sheriff's sergeant killed while responding to the shooting.
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