US Army colonel, 55, and his veteran wife, 63, who were shot dead at point-blank range in the driveway of their Virginia home 'were targeted by two gunmen who wanted to confront the couple's SON

According to Strand, Marshall was looking for Mike because he had been part of a group that had robbed Marshall a few days prior. All three men knew each other from working together at a FedEx warehouse.

Mike McDaniel has denied robbing Marshall, and his lawyer stressed that his client has not been charged with any crime.

During the December 6 hearing, a Fairfax County judge found sufficient probable cause to send Marshall's case to a grand jury

Strand testified in early December that he and Marshall had gone to the McDaniels' home in Springfield to confront their son about allegedly robbing Marshall two days earlier 

Meanwhile, prosecutors have downgraded Strand's charges to a single count of accessory after a homicide, to which he is expected to plead guilty next month.

According to court filings from Marshall's former attorney, prosecutors claim that Mike McDaniel and two others attacked Marshall, stole money from him and called the police on him while he was at the McDaniel family’s home on May 24.

Police had previously said they were called to the family's home on Flint Street that day for a report of a burglary.

An emergency dispatcher who answered the 911 call told police the caller and her husband – Brenda and Edward McDaniel - were upstairs with a shotgun while 'the suspect' was in the basement.

'Caller is advising the subject is after her son and that he [the son] is with them upstairs,' the dispatcher said.

The next day after the alleged robbery, co-workers at the FedEx warehouse where Mike McDaniel, Marshall and Strand worked learned about what had happened, and Marshall was said to have been angry and embarrassed.

On the morning of May 26 , Mike McDaniel was allegedly talking to someone on FaceTime when he told that person that Marshall was standing outside his family’s brick house with a gun and that he needed to call the police.

Edward and Brenda McDaniel had just returned from walking their dogs when they were allegedly confronted by Marshall and Strand in their driveway.

Marshall allegedly told Strand that he shot the distinguished military couple because they recognized him and called him by his first name 

Marshall was said to have asked the couple where their son was and whether he would get his stolen property back, according to Strand's court testimony.

The couple seemingly recognized their son's co-worker and called Marshall by his first name, Ronnie, at which point he allegedly pulled out a gun and shot each victim in the head.

As Marshall and Strand sped away from the scene in Strand’s 2018 light-colored Nissan Altima, Marshall allegedly told his accomplice that he had to shoot the McDaniels because 'they knew his name.'

Matt Leonard, an Army Spokesperson. told DailyMail.com after the arrests that Brenda McDaniel served as a Medical-Surgical Nurse in the Army from September 1983 to September 2009, when she retired - also at the rank of colonel.

He said Col. Brenda McDaniel's awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, five Meritorious Service Medal, a Joint Service Commendation Medal, two Army Commendation Medal, and an Army Achievement Medal, among other awards. 

'We've lost two brave, dedicated, life-long servants to our country,' Davis said on Thursday. 

'Two full colonels were murdered in a residential neighborhood community.'