Police found the car Wednesday morning used in a hit and run that killed a 50-year-old woman in north Minneapolis, authorities said.
The victim was identified by her boyfriend as Yvonne "Lisa" Gibson. She was hit outside the home that the two shared, boyfriend Melvin Holbrook said.
Later, the Hennepin County medical examiner's office confirmed the identification and said she died of multiple blunt force injuries.
The car, once used as a taxi, was spotted by officers on routine patrol, said police spokesman John Elder. Police had nothing to say on progress toward identifying and locating the driver who hit the woman Tuesday evening in the 2900 block of Fremont Avenue.
Officers were called to the area shortly before 5:30 p.m., where 911 callers said a car had hit a woman and fled west on 30th Avenue N.
Holbrook said he was looking out a second-story window and saw his girlfriend speaking with two men inside the car.
"They pulled away and then backed up and ran over her," Holbrook said. "This was very, very horrible for me to see."
Holbrook said he's doesn't know the men he saw in the car. Police said they think the driver may have known the woman.