Jacksonville shooting: Sadness, not rage urged after three black people killed

Residents gather for a prayer near the scene of a mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida (AP Photo/John Raoux)

The pastor of a church near the site of a racist fatal shooting of three black people has told congregants to follow Jesus Christ’s example and keep their sadness from turning to rage.

Saturday’s shooting came on the same day thousands visited Washington DC to attend the Rev Al Sharpton’s 60th anniversary commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev Martin Luther King Jr delivered his historic “I Have A Dream” speech.