Black Hood

"This is the Black Hood. I am the man who shot the adulterer at Pop's. I killed the child predator in Greendale. I shot the drug and sex addicted teenagers at Lovers' Lane. Riverdale is not innocent. It's a town of hypocrites, degenerates, and criminals. My wrath is the price of your lies, your secrets, your sins. I will not stop. I cannot be stopped. I am the wolf. You are the flock. This is the bloodletting. You will hear from me again."

- The Black Hood's letter to the town.

The Black Hood is an anonymous character and one of the main antagonist of Season 2 who carried out the shooting of Fred Andrews in Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe, the murder of Geraldine Grundy in Greendale, and the gun attack on Moose Mason and Midge Klump somewhere in Riverdale. He is portrayed by Jay Clift.

The identity of the shooter has yet to be revealed, but his victimology has been established. All of the Black Hood's victims are or at one point were residents on the north side of Riverdale, and/or have committed some sin, such as being a child predator, committed by Geraldine Grundy, sex and drugs, committed by Midge Klump and Moose Mason, and adultery, committed by Fred Andrews. This has caused Polly Cooper to leave town out of fear of being that Black Hood could target her, due being an unwed mother, and being pregnant with her own cousin's children.

In a letter he sent to Betty Cooper, he admitted to her that he attended the 75th Anniversary Jubilee, and that Betty's speech inspired him to commit crimes.

Season 1
The morning following the 75th Anniversary Jubilee, an event that was supposed to unite Riverdale, a masked gunman entered Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe. He stood on top of the counter with a gun pointed to Pop Tate, making demands. While doing so, Fred Andrews looked over to his son, Archie, and told his son to stay back. The gunman then turned his attention to Fred and demanded his wallet at gunpoint. Archie panicked and ran out in between the gunman and his father. Despite Archie's frantic decision, Fred is shot in the stomach. After firing that single shot, the gunman ran out of the shop, leaving a critically injured Fred for dead. That instance, frozen in time. People would look back at this as the exact moment that the last bit of Riverdale's innocence finally died, and darkness won. Marked by an act of violence that was anything but random.

Season 2
Late one night, he broke into Geraldine Grundy's house after she sent Ben, a music student, home from piano lessons. After she bid him goodbye, she realized her living room was in disarray. With her back turned to the Black Hood creeping upon her, he strangled her to death with a cello bow.

At night, in the woods of Riverdale, he found Midge Klump and Moose Mason using the new Jingle Jangle drug given to them by Reggie Mantle, and making out in their car, about to initiate sex. He walked up to their car window and quickly fired three shots at them with the intention of killing the two teenagers, before walking away from the scene.

Acknowledging Fred Andrews's recovering, and Moose and Midge surviving the shooting (Moose ended up in the hospital, due to him being Midge's human shield), the Black Hood wrote an open letter to the town, and sent it to Alice Cooper as a message to be published on The Register as a warning article about his intentions, affirming his presence in town as a vigilante hunting for what he deems to be sinners. He also promised to send more letters.

The Black Hood sent a second letter to Betty Cooper, revealing that her speech at the 75th Anniversary Jubilee had inspired him in targeting sinners. Attached to the letter was an encrypted message about the location of his next crime, which Betty later deduced to be at the town hall during a meeting. Fortunately, she had the meeting evacuated before the Black Hood could launch an attack.

The same night, while Betty was on her bed, he anonymously called Betty on her cellphone to have a talk with her, informing her that this was the Black Hood speaking.

Physical Appearance
This masked assailant is seen to be a tall man who appears to be 5'10" tall per Archie's testimony to the Sheriff. He has green eyes as Archie described to the cops, and as was seen. He wears a black hood.

Suspects

 * Hiram Lodge / Hermione Lodge (by Veronica)
 * Southside Serpents (by Alice Cooper)
 * Geraldine Grundy's ex-husband (by Archie Andrews; Disproven)
 * Southsider (by Southside Serpents)

Victims

 * Pop Tate - Threatened at gunpoint. (survived)
 * Fred Andrews - Shot in the stomach. (survived)
 * Geraldine Grundy - Strangled with cello bow. (deceased)
 * Moose Mason - Multiple shots in the chest and stomach. (survived)
 * Midge Klump - Shot at but was missed. (survived)

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Season 1 Screencaps

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