A professor at the University of California, Berkeley was killed after being shot multiple times in broad daylight in the outskirts of Athens, Greece, officials said.
Przemyslaw Jeziorski, a
tenured associate professor of marketing
at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, had
traveled to Greece for a custody hearing
for his children, the Athens-based newspaper Ta Nea reported.
The 43-year-old father of two was gunned down near his ex-wife’s residence in the suburb of Agia Paraskevi on the afternoon of July 4.
Shortly after 4 p.m., a masked gunman approached Jeziorski on foot and
“opened fire from close range,”
a police spokesperson said, according to CNN.
The gruesome killing took place a day after the custody hearing, authorities said.
Jeziorski’s ex-wife, described by local news outlets as a Greek economist, reportedly went to the Attica Police Department shortly after the shooting and handed over her cellphone to investigators, saying she had nothing to hide, according to Ta Nea.
The professor’s death was
confirmed by Berkeley Haas
in a statement Monday.
“I am heartbroken by news of the tragic and sudden death of Professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski, a beloved
member of our marketing faculty
and Haas community,” said Dean Jenny Chatman.
Described as a “passionate teacher and leading marketing scholar,” Jeziorski will be remembered for applying “his exceptional curiosity, analytical talent, and sense of justice to questions across a range of markets”— and for helping his students grow comfortable with data, school officials said.
“He loved teaching and sharing his passion for the intricacies of marketing analytics and marketing science with his students,” his brother, Lukasz Jeziorski, said in an online fundraiser set up to
support the investigation.
Jeziorski’s family is raising funds to repatriate his remains to his native Poland and to cover legal representation in Greece to pursue legal action and support ongoing investigations.
“Our family is heartbroken, and we are doing everything we can to ensure that justice is served,” Lukasz Jeziorski said.
