College professor killed by masked gunman while visiting ex-wife's home in Greece sparking manhunt

The Irish Sun

14-07-2025

A COLLEGE professor has been shot and killed while visiting his family in Greece, reports say.
Dad-of-two Przemysław Jeziorski, 43, was gunned down in an Athens neighborhood on July 4.
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Przemysław Jeziorski was killed in broad daylight in Athens, Greece, his family said
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Jeziorski, who taught at the University of
California
Berkeley, was shot five times in the chest and neck, as reported by the Polish outlet
He was killed in broad daylight near the home of his ex-wife.
Jeziorski was in the Greek capital for a custody hearing, according to the ABC affiliate
A masked gunman is believed to have carried out the attack and cops are probing the shooter's movements.
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Local media reports suggest a car was caught on surveillance footage waiting for the gunman.
Cops are probing if the attack was targeted.
Jeziorski, who was known as Przemek, had worked at Berkeley's Haas School of
Business
in varying capacities since 2012.
Heartbroken brother Lukasz said his sibling was a victim of a 'terrible
crime
.'
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'He was a leading scholar in marketing
science
, industrial organization and data analytics,' Lukasz said in a post shared on
'He loved teaching and sharing his passion for the intricacies of marketing analytics and marketing science with his students.'
He claimed his brother was murdered in cold blood.
In a
family
had been rocked by a tragedy - weeks before his brother's death.
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Lukasz and Jeziorski's dad died on June 4.
"We barely started to get over it," he said.
Jeziorski was a highly-respected scholar having worked at Berkeley in different roles for 13 years.
He had been an associate professor of marketing at the college since 2018.
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FAMILY'S DOUBLE TRAGEDY
Jeziorski also worked at colleges including Maryland's Johns Hopkins University and Duke University in North Carolina during his career, according to his
He was a visiting scholar at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business between September and December 2021.
Outside of academia, Jeziorski worked as a Microsoft researcher between 2008 and 2010.
Jeziorski was the co-founder of the property service Keybee - a platform which helps Americans find short-term rentals.
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Tributes have been paid to the college lecturer and scholar following his death.
Devastated pal, Olga Adamkiewicz, said she had known Jeziorski since he was a child.
In a Facebook
"I'm not ready for us to leave I'm not ready to say goodbye to someone close under such dramatic circumstances," she said.
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Zsolta Katona, Jeziorski's colleague, described his death as a "senseless tragedy."
She paid tribute to him, saying he was an "outstanding scholar."
"Przemek was an amazing person, a friend, a colleague," she told
The shooter is yet to be arrested as investigations continue.
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Jeziorski, a renowned scholar, taught at UC Berkeley in California
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