Tamera Mowry-Housley and Alaina Housley.Photo: Tamera Mowry/Instagram
Tamera Mowry-Housley‘sThe Realco-hostshonored the lifeof her late niece on Monday’s episode.
Loni Love took a moment out of Monday’s episode to pay tribute to Alaina Housley, wholost her lifein the California mass shooting last week. (Mowry-Housley, 40, did not appear on the show Monday.)
Love, 47, spoke of Alaina’s legacy and sent Mowry a message of love and support.
“Alaina was only 18 years old,” she said. “She was a freshman at Pepperdine University, the same school that Adam and Tamera attended. She planned to major in English literature and join a vocal music program after being involved in her high school choir. She was also involved in a charity program that donated soccer equipment to young people in the developing world.”
As she read, photos and videos of Tamera with Alaina were shown on the screen.
Tamera Mowry-Housley and Alaina Housley.Tamera Mowry/Instagram
Adrienne (Bailon) Houghtonalso read a message from Mowry’s husband, former Fox News correspondent Adam Housley, on the importance of gun control.
“Before we can even get a consistent national gun policy we have to understand that we as a country and as a society are at crossroads — the hatred, the judgment, the polarizing and the lack of heart,” said Houghton, 35. “We are going to make a change, I can guarantee it. Alaina is with us as we do this.”
At least 12 people were killed after a gunman opened fire and threw smoke grenades in the Southern California bar that was hosting a college night for country music fans. The shooter, a former Marine Corps veteran, also died in the assault, though it is unclear how.
Mowry-Housley and her husbandsearched for information about their nieceon social media before releasing a statement notifying the public about Alaina’s death on Thursday.
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Housley, 46, also paid tribute to Alaina, who was not only his niece, but also his goddaughter. “My sweet, sweet…Alaina. Oh how I miss you. Oh how I miss u. #heartbroken,” he wrote on Instagram.
“She was an incredible, beautiful girl who didn’t hurt anybody, and was excited to go to Italy for a program overseas. Senseless, man, just senseless,” Housley toldEntertainment Tonighton Thursday. “She was a good girl. Really good girl.”
Thoseslain in the Thousand Oaks shootinginclude a college freshman, a seasoned law enforcement officer, a recent college graduate and an aspiring Army recruit whom his father called his “best friend.”
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Among the first victims to be identified wasVentura County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Helus, a 29-year law enforcement veteran who was getting ready to retire. Police are hailing him a hero for his selfless actions.
“He went into save lives, to save other people,” Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean told reporters. “He was totally committed, he gave his all, and tonight, as I told his wife, he died a hero.”
source: people.com
