Gerena concluded by loading another gun and a shot gun, then honking the horn of the car to what is believed to have been a signal to another individual and then left the premises. McKeon and Girard struggled to release their bonds afterwards, but by the time that they managed to contact the police officers Jack Casey, Jack Bannan and George Mucha were outside the compound waiting for the security measures to be dropped. The police, however, were skeptical when they were told that at least five million dollars were taken from the vault and assumed that the case was easy since the identity of the perpetrator was known, instead focusing on securing the crime scene. Meanwhile, Gerena met associates working for the EPB near a motel, handing over the money and his identification. From here, both parties went in different directions, with the other Macheteros heading to Boston and dropping his identification along the way. Gerena headed to New York, and after being provided counterfeit documents traveled south and crossed the border, from where he traveled to Cuba.