California professor shot dead in Greece in apparent plot involving ex-wife

A 43-year-old college professor at the University of California, Berkeley was shot and killed on the outskirts of Athens, Greece earlier this month in what appears to be a targeted hit involving his ex-wife, according to multiple media reports.  

A tenured professor of marketing at Berkley’s Haas School for 13 years, Przemyslaw Jeziorski was shot five times on July 4 as he was walking to his ex-wife’s home in Athen’s Agia Paraskevi District to visit his two children, the Los Angeles Times reported.  

He was declared dead at the scene.  

On Wednesday, Greece Hellenic Police announced the arrest of Jeziorski’s ex-wife, Nadia Michelidaki who is a Greek national, and three additional suspects, including one man described as her new companion.  

According to police, the former couple were embroiled in a challenging custody dispute regarding their children.  

The three other suspects were described only as a Bulgarian man and two Albanian nationals.  

Investigators said two of the suspects gave Michelidaki’s companion a handgun and drove him to the neighborhood where he shot and killed Professor Jeziorski, The Times reported. 

Professor Zsolt Katona helped recruit the 43-year-old Polish native to teach at Berkley’s Haas School in 2012.  

“It’s hard to come to terms with this senseless tragedy,” he said in a statement issued by the university. “He was an amazing person, friend, and colleague. He was a loving father of two young children and always there if someone needed help. He had great influence on the marketing field not only through his research but through his energetic presence and optimism combined with a healthy dose of skepticism.” 

Jeziorski is survived by his two children, a brother and his parents.