A man shot to death in northeast Athens earlier this month as he was walking to the apartment of his ex-wife to see his two children has been identified as UC Berkeley business professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43.
The victim’s identity and biographical information were disseminated by the Polish news outlet TVP World – and then picked up in an article by the widely read New York Post.
Jeziorski was shot five times in the chest and neck at close range near in the usually quiet and leafy northeast Athens district of Aghia Paraskevi on July 4. He was declared dead at the scene by first responders.
Jeziorski was a professor at the northern California university’s Haas School of Business for eight years. He had arrived in Greece to attend a child custody hearing for his two children. Local media reports claimed his ex-wife had refused to allow the man to take his children abroad for a vacation, as allowed in a custody agreement.
NY Post had his brother, Lukasz Jeziorski, quoted as saying that “…our family is heartbroken, and we are doing everything we can to ensure that justice is served,” in a page on the European crowdfunding site WhyDonate.
“Przemek was a loving father to two young children and a beloved professor at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. He was a leading scholar in marketing science, industrial organization and data analytics. He loved teaching and sharing his passion for the intricacies of marketing analytics and marketing science with his students.”
Haas Business School Dean Jennifer Chatman released a statement calling Jeziorski a “beloved” member of the “Haas community…We are heartbroken by news of the tragic and sudden death of Professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski, a beloved member of our marketing faculty and Haas community,” according to a statement quoted by news outlet ABC 7.
An investigation by Greek Police is ongoing.
