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Masked Gunman Kills UC Berkeley Marketing Professor in Athens Suburb

Greek authorities remain on the case more than a week after the shooting with no suspect in custody

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A UC Berkeley business professor was fatally shot while visiting family members in Greece this month.  
The Campanile is lit before sunrise during the College GameDay, ESPN’s college football pregame show at UC Berkeley’s Memorial Glade in Berkeley, California, on Oct. 5, 2024. A masked gunman fatally shot a UC Berkeley business professor while he visited his kids in Greece, according to several media reports. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

Overview

  • Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43, was shot multiple times on July 4 in Agia Paraskevi while visiting his children and died at the scene.
  • The masked assailant fled on foot after the attack and police have yet to identify or arrest a suspect.
  • UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has issued statements mourning his sudden death and offering support to his family and colleagues.
  • His family has launched a WhyDonate campaign to cover legal fees and repatriate his remains to Poland.
  • Colleagues, including Dean Jennifer Chatman and Professor Zsolt Katona, remembered him as a leading marketing scholar whose work advanced search advertising, mobile money and data analytics.