"The Sugar Bowl Committee has a 90-year history of being a good corporate citizen for the city of New Orleans, and that's why this tragedy hurts us as much as anybody right now," Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said Wednesday afternoon. "All parties and all agree that it's in the best interest of everybody and public safety that we postpone the game."
Hundley originally said the game would be postponed 24 hours, but Notre Dame, Georgia and the College Football Playoff submitted requests to New Orleans authorities to have the kickoff time moved to earlier in the day, prompting the 4 p.m. kickoff.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry sought to reassure football fans that the Sugar Bowl would be safe for everyone to attend.
The Sugar Bowl Committee said in a statement that it is "devastated by the terrible events from early this morning."
Notre Dame also asked fans to "join us in prayer for those injured and lost in this senseless act of violence," and invited anyone who was already in New Orleans to join them for a previously scheduled mass Wednesday morning
"We are horrified and saddened by the senseless act of violence that occurred in the early hours of New Year's Day in New Orleans. University personnel are working to determine if any UGA students, faculty, staff, alumni or fans were among the victims. We offer our deepest condolences to all the victims and their families, and we stand in solidarity with the New Orleans community," the statement reads.
"There's so much to enjoy about New Orleans... making sure that our routes and the Superdome are safe today for the game," New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said. "We had this tragic event, and we're sorry again to everyone in our community, but we do want you to go about the day, just stay away from Bourbon."
"This man was trying to run over as many people as he could," said Kirkpatrick, adding that two police officers were hit by gunfire but were in a stable condition. A long gun was recovered from the scene, law enforcement sources told CBS News.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell referred to it as a likely "terrorist attack," and the FBI said in a news release that they are investigating it "as an act of terrorism."
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