A UC Berkeley enterprise professor was shot and killed by a masked gunman in broad daylight whereas in Greece for a custody listening to.
Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43, was shot 5 occasions within the chest and neck at shut vary close to his ex-wife’s house in a suburb of Athens on July 4, in keeping with the Polish information outlet, TVP World.
He died on the scene, police mentioned.
The suspect — who stays at massive — fled on foot. He’s described by witnesses as being a tall man with an athletic construct.
Authorities are actively investigating Jeziorski’s homicide.
Jeziorski, a professor at Berkeley’s Haas College of Enterprise for 8 years, was in Greece to attend a toddler custody listening to for his two youngsters, ABC 7 reported.
“Our household is heartbroken, and we’re doing all the pieces we are able to to make sure that justice is served,” his brother, Lukasz Jeziorski, wrote on the European crowdfunding web page, WhyDonate.
“Przemek was a loving father to 2 younger youngsters and a beloved professor on the Haas College of Enterprise at UC Berkeley. He was a number one scholar in advertising science, industrial group and knowledge analytics. He cherished instructing and sharing his ardour for the intricacies of promoting analytics and advertising science together with his college students.”
His brother mentioned they’re elevating cash to assist with “authorized charges, the repatriation of Przemek’s stays to Poland, and associated bills.”
Within the wake of the tragic capturing, Berkeley Haas Dean Jennifer Chatman launched a press release calling Jeziorski a “beloved” member of the “Haas group.”
“We’re heartbroken by information of the tragic and sudden loss of life of Professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski, a beloved member of our advertising college and Haas group,” Chatman wrote in a press release offered to ABC 7.
“Whereas authorities are investigating what occurred, our focus is on supporting our group throughout this tough interval. My coronary heart goes out to Przemek’s household and family members. We are going to miss him.”
An in depth colleague within the college’s enterprise college, Professor Zsolt Katona, described the daddy of two as an “excellent scholar.”
“It’s laborious to come back to phrases with this mindless tragedy,” Katona instructed SFGATE.
“Przemek was a tremendous individual, a good friend, a colleague. He was a loving father of two younger youngsters and at all times there if somebody wanted assist.”
His peer added that Jeziorski “had nice affect on the advertising area, not solely by way of his analysis, however his energetic presence and optimism mixed with a wholesome dose of skepticism.”
Earlier than becoming a member of the Haas college as an assistant professor of promoting in 2012, Jeziorski studied on the SGH Warsaw College of Economics, the College of Arizona, the College of Chicago, and Stanford College, as listed on his web site.
He additionally beforehand taught at Johns Hopkins College and was a analysis intern at Microsoft.
The extremely accredited professor’s analysis centered on quantitative advertising, industrial group, antitrust and regulation, digital advertising, and monetary expertise.
Jeziorski’s work has been printed in a number of acclaimed tutorial journals, together with Advertising and marketing Science, Administration Science, and the RAND Journal of Economics.
