Ex-wife nabbed in alleged murder-for-hire after beloved UC Berkeley professor gunned down in Greece: ‘Justice will be served'
Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43, was in Athens to attend a custody hearing for his two young children earlier this month when a masked gunman shot him five times in the chest and neck at point-blank range outside his ex's home on July 4, the outlet reported.
Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43, a beloved UC Berkeley professor, was gunned down in broad daylight earlier this month.
The gunman, who fled after the broad-daylight shooting, has now been identified as Jeziorski's ex-wife's current partner, Greek police said.
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Three other men have also reportedly been arrested in connection with the slaying.
Jeziorski was a professor at Berkeley's Haas School of Business for eight years.
'Our family is heartbroken, and we are doing everything we can to ensure that justice is served,' his brother, Lukasz Jeziorski, wrote on the European crowdfunding page WhyDonate.
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'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.'
In the wake of the shooting, Berkeley Haas Dean Jennifer Chatman released a statement calling Jeziorski a 'beloved' member of the 'Haas community.'
The Berkeley Haas community said it was 'heartbroken' upon learning of the news of Jeziorski's death.
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'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,' Chatman wrote in the statement provided to ABC 7.
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Professor Zsolt Katona, a close colleague, described the father of two as an 'outstanding scholar.'
'I have learned about the news that the Greek police made arrests in Przemek's case. I trust that the investigators will continue to work diligently and justice will be served,' Katona said in a follow-up statement to the outlet.
'At this point, our main priority should be to give all assistance to Przemek's brother to ensure his children's well-being.'
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Before joining the Haas faculty as an assistant professor of marketing in 2012, Jeziorski studied at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, the University of Arizona, the University of Chicago, and Stanford University, as listed on his website.
He also previously taught at Johns Hopkins University and was a research intern at Microsoft.
The highly accredited professor's research focused on quantitative marketing, industrial organization, antitrust and regulation, digital marketing and financial technology.
Jeziorski's work has been published in several acclaimed academic journals, including Marketing Science, Management Science, and the RAND Journal of Economics.
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