A rented pickup truck plowed into a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more. The suspect engaged in a shootout with police before being killed. The College Football Playoff's Sugar Bowl game between Georgia and Notre Dame, originally scheduled for Wednesday night, has been postponed to Thursday.
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 01: A sign for the Allstate Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame is seen outside the Louisiana Superdome after at least ten people were killed on Bourbon Street when a person allegedly drove into a crowd in the early morning hours of New Year's Day on January 1, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Georgia and Notre Dame football teams arrived in New Orleans on Sunday and have been staying at downtown hotels just blocks away from where the violence occurred. New Orleans City Council President Helena Moreno told WDSU-TV: “What you’ll see today for the Sugar Bowl, which will go on, is that the perimeter for security around the Superdome has been extended to be a larger zone.”The Superdome, which is about 20 blocks away, also is scheduled to host the Super Bowl on Feb. 9.
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