Mayor Adams, Rev. Al Sharpton lead City Hall prayer in wake of Trump assassination attempt

Mayor Eric Adams, the Rev. Al Sharpton, and other city politicians and faith leaders came together at City Hall Sunday to pray for Donald Trump — a day after a gunman opened fire during the former president’s speech in Butler, Pennsylvia, leaving one man dead, two others injured and Trump’s right ear wounded.

Sharpton, a long-time adversary of Trump on many issues, denounced the attack.

“There is no secret that I have been an adamant opponent of him on many issues,” said Sharpton. “He and I have debated for 35 years, but violence is wrong no matter who you oppose.”

“We must have a nation that celebrates the diversity of our views and the democracy of our decision,” he added. “We cannot settle our political differences with bullets. We settle them with ballots.”

Trump was rushed from the rally after 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks fired multiple shots from a rooftop outside the rally’s security perimeter.

One attendee, Corey Comperatore, a former Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company chief, was killed and two others, identified by police as David Dutch, 57, and James Copenhaver, 74, were listed in stable condition Sunday.

In a Truth Social post after the shooting, Trump said he was “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear.”

“It was a chilling visualization as I watched what happened yesterday [just] inches away from the former president losing his life,” Adams said Sunday as he stood alongside Sharpton. “It’s unimaginable that his children would have to experience that, his wife, those who love him and his family and those who are politically in line with him to watch that in horror.”

Crooks, who reportedly had explosive materials in his car and Bethel Park, Pa., home, was killed by Secret Service members. Crooks had no ties to New York City, according to police sources.

“What happens when a 20-year-old reaches a point where they believe the only way to settle their political differences is to use a AR-15 or AL-47 or any other form of handgun or weapon?” Adams asked. “That sends a terrible message.”

“The extremists have basically highjacked what we feel as a country and what we stand for,” he added.

In the wake of the bloodshed, NYPD’s intelligence and counterterrorism chief Rebecca Weiner will brief the media, Adams said, noting there have been no known threats to Trump’s Manhattan properties or to the city itself.

“We must live together. We must start the process of healing not only our country but healing our young people,” said Adams. “There’s no place for hate in our city or our country.”