Pepperdine Student Confirmed Dead: Thousand Oaks Bar Shooting

MALIBU, CA – Pepperdine student Alaina Housley died in the mass shooting at a Thousand Oaks nightclub Wednesday night, her uncle and former Fox News national correspondent Adam Housley confirmed. The 18-year-old was a Napa resident and graduate of Vintage High School.

The freshman remained unaccounted for Thursday morning, and Adam Housley told Los Angeles Times her Apple Watch and iPhone continued to show her location as the dance floor at Borderline.

"Our hearts are broken. We just learned that our niece Alaina was one of the victims of last night’s shooting at Borderline bar in Thousand Oaks," the Adam Housley and his wife, "The Real" host Tamera Mowry-Housley, stated via their joint representative, Chantal Artur. "Alaina was an incredible young woman with so much life ahead of her, and we are devastated that her life was cut short in this manner. We thank everyone for your prayers and ask for privacy at this time."

Sixteen students from the Malibu college were present when a hooded gunman, identified as 28-year-old former Marine and Cal State Northridge student Ian David Long, opened fire at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks Wednesday night.

Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean said 13 people died in the shooting, including a sheriff's sergeant and the gunman. Long, who lived with his mother in Newbury Park, is believed to have committed suicide as law enforcement descended on the club.

“It’s thrown everyone off. Pepperdine is a pretty small community, a pretty sheltered community living in the quiet community of Malibu ...” Madeleine Carr, The Pepperdine Graphic newspaper editor said in an on-air interview with CNN. “It’s one of those events where its hard to rationalize it happening to you ... it’s crazy to think the place you’re going to have fun, the place you’re going to de-stress after your week is now the place of ... tragic memories.”

According to Pepperdine officials, the other students who were at the bar have been located. Two of them were treated and released from a hospital.

Classes were continuing at Pepperdine, but university officials said students "who need to adjust their class schedules today as a result of yesterday's event are encouraged to do so." Counselors were available on the campus, school officials said.

A prayer service will be held at noon Thursday in Smothers Theatre on the Malibu Pepperdine campus, the university website said.

"This is a time for our campus community to come together and support one another," the Pepperdine website said. "For our Pepperdine family around the world, please take a moment and uplift all those impacted by this tragedy in prayer."

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City News Service contributed to this post; Image: People comfort each other as they stand near the scene early morning. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)