Three people were wounded in a shooting Tuesday evening near 89th Street and Central Avenue, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department said.

True to his vision, Avalon Boulevard became a key commercial thoroughfare along its 17.3-mile length, connecting the port, Wilmington, Carson and south Los Angeles to downtown Los Angeles.

The city of Los Angeles hired a private security firm for parts of Avalon Boulevard in Wilmington after complaints about vandalism, illegal dumping and other petty crime.