The man who carried out attacks inspired by the Islamic State group researched how to gain access to a balcony on the city's famed Bourbon Street before plowing a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans, killing 14 people. The FBI said that similar attacks had occurred at Christmas markets in Germany.

Nearly two weeks after the attack on Shamsuddin Jabbar, the FBI continues to uncover new information detailing the 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran's extensive plans to repeatedly target Shamsuddin Jabbar in the months leading up to the attack. Conduct reconnaissance of the area. Authorities are also piecing together the timeline of his radicalization.

In the early hours of New Year's Day, Jabbar was seen on video surveillance placing two containers containing explosive devices in the French Quarter, but the devices had not yet detonated. Soon after, at about 3.15am, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar drove a white pickup truck around a police car blocking the entrance to Bourbon Street as partygoers continued to wander the bar-lined street. He drove through revelers before crashing his car in a shootout and being shot dead by police. Authorities said 57 people were injured.

The FBI said on Tuesday that just hours before the fatal attack, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar searched online for information about an attack 10 days earlier at a busy outdoor Christmas market in eastern Germany that hit a car Also used as a mass weapon. Attacks in Europe resulted in a car crashing into a crowd, killing five people and injuring more than 200 others. Police have arrested a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia who renounced Islam and supported the far-right AfD party.

Among other online searches, the FBI said, Jabbar looked up how to gain access to the balconies on Bourbon Street, information about Mardi Gras, the culmination of New Orleans' annual Mardi Gras celebrations, and several recent shootings in the city .

But Jabbar's research before the attack wasn't limited to the Internet: He also made a one-day trip from Houston to New Orleans on Nov. 10, during which he looked for an apartment, the FBI said. Although Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had applied to rent the apartment, he later told the landlord he had changed his mind.

This wasn't his only visit to New Orleans, though. The FBI previously reported that Jabbar was planning a trip to the city on Oct. 31 when he recorded a video of him riding his bike through the French Quarter using glasses from Facebook parent company Meta.

Abdul-Jabbar posted a series of online videos hours before the attack, declaring support for the Islamic State militant group. The Bourbon Street attack was the deadliest attack by Islamic State on U.S. soil in years.

On Tuesday, the FBI continued to draft a timeline of Jabbar's radicalization, saying he began to isolate himself from society and became a more devout Muslim in 2022. By the spring of 2024, he began to follow extremist views.

While the investigation into the attack remains ongoing and more information emerges about Jabbar's planning of the deadly attack, city officials have faced questions about their safety.

State and local authorities have launched an investigation into security flaws that may have left New Orleans vulnerable. The work is particularly urgent since Carnival began last week. Carnival is a months-long celebration that draws tens of thousands of visitors to the French Quarter. The city will also host the Super Bowl on February 9.