Van aconseguir un cotxe per fugir, que no se sap si els estava esperant, i Martin va morir en el conseqüent tiroteig entre els presoners i el personal penitenciari, en el que també va resultar ferit un oficial de la policia, Sherman Maynard.
A getaway car was either waiting or acquired and in the ensuing shootout between the prisoners and the protective services Martin was shot dead, and one police officer, Sherman Maynard, was shot and injured. Maynard subsequently died on the operating table at the nearby Port of Spain General Hospital.