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NYC professor Shellyne Rodriguez turns herself in to cops after threatening Post reporter with machete

NYC professor Shellyne Rodriguez turns herself in to cops after threatening Post reporter with machete


The manic Manhattan arts professor who held a machete to a Post reporter’s neck and threatened to “chop” him up surrendered to police Thursday.

Shellyne Rodriguez, 45, was caught on digicam wielding the blade and spewing menacing remarks Tuesday exterior her Bronx condo.

She surrendered to the forty third Precinct within the Bronx simply after 7 a.m. Thursday.

The stunning chain of occasions unfolded when the veteran Post reporter knocked on Rodriguez’s door to ask her about viral footage of her cursing out Hunter College pro-life students.

“Get the f–ok away from my door, or I’m gonna chop you up with this machete,” the unhinged professor screamed earlier than barging out with the blade.

After the reporter and a photographer rapidly exited the condo constructing, dashcam video confirmed Rodriguez — nonetheless armed with the machete — chasing them down the road.


Shellyne Rodriguez surrendered on the forty third Precinct within the Bronx simply after 7 a.m. Thursday.
Seth Gottfried

Shellyne Rodriguez.

Rodriguez was fired by Hunter College after the incident.
Seth Gottfried

“If I see you on this block yet one more f–king time, you’re gonna …,” Rodriguez mentioned.

“Get the f–ok off the block! Get the f–ok out of right here, yo!”

She then kicked the reporter in his shins earlier than retreating again into her constructing.


Shellyne Rodriguez threatens a Post reporter by holding a machete to his neck
Shellyne Rodriguez, 45, held the machete to a Post reporter’s neck Tuesday exterior her Bronx condo.
Robert Miller for the N.Y. Post

Rodriguez chasing reporter with a knife.
After the Post reporter and photographer left the constructing, Rodriguez was captured on dashcam video chasing them down — nonetheless armed with the blade.
Robert Miller

Rodriguez was fired by Hunter College in the wake of the ordeal, while the School of Visual Arts — where she also worked as a professor — was reviewing her employment as of Wednesday.  

The saga got here after Rodriguez had made headlines earlier this week when footage surfaced on-line exhibiting her unleashing a profanity-laden assault on anti-abortion college students at Hunter College again on May 2.

“You’re not educating s–t. This is f–king propaganda,” the artwork professor advised college students as they stood behind an info desk they’d arrange.

“What are you going to do, like, anti-trans subsequent?” she continued earlier than tossing the scholars’ pamphlets on the ground.

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