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**FILE** State and local police wait April 16, 2007, for a building to be cleared by police on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., following a shooting incident. (Associated Press)

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Virginia Tech's Andrew Rash (left, shown in a 2010 ACC Tournament game) had hopes of being taken in the MLB draft, but he wasn't selected after a disappointing junior season. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

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Eric Thompson, the online weapons dealer who sold the handgun used in the Virginia Tech massacre and provided equipment in two other mass shootings, last month abruptly closed his Green Bay, Wis.-based business, TGSCOM Inc. (Associated Press)

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In this Feb. 12, 2012, photo provided by Virginia Tech sports information, Virginia Tech associate head basketball coach James Johnson applauds during the team's game against Boston College in Blacksburg, Va. A person familiar with the talks told The Associated Press on Monday, April 30, 2012, that Johnson will replace Seth Greenberg after serving as his assistant for five years. (AP Photo/Virginia Tech, Michael Shroyer)

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Seth Greenberg guided Virginia Tech to a 170-123 record in nine seasons, with one trip to the NCAA tournament (in 2007) and five NIT appearances. Athletic director Jim Weaver cited a lack of stability in the program for firing Greenberg. (Associated Press)

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Virginia Tech's Martin Scales (25) and teammates walk across the field after their spring football game was canceled due to weather in Blacksburg, Va., on Saturday, April 21, 2012. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Matt Gentry)

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Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas, right, takes a snap from center Andrew Miller, front left, during the opening day of spring NCAA college football drills on campus in Blacksburg, Va., on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Matt Gentry)

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A 49th-round draft pick of the Baltimore Orioles, Ronnie Shaban decided to come back to Virginia Tech for his senior baseball season. Shaban has had trouble staying on the field, though, having to deal with three hamstring injuries. (Virginia Tech Athletics)

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Virginia Tech forward Dorian Finney-Smith and Duke's Mason Plumlee vie for a lose ball during the second half in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, Friday, March 9, 2012, in Atlanta. Duke won 60-56. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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Duke guard Austin Rivers works against Virginia Tech forward Jarell Eddie during the first half in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament, Friday, March 9, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Richmond attorney William "Bill" Broaddus (center), a former Virginia attorney general and attorney for the defendants, carries documents March 5, 2012, into a Christiansburg, Va., courthouse on the first day of a civil trial in the wrongful death case brought against Virginia Tech and the state of Virginia by the parents of two students killed during a campus rampage in 2007. (Associated Press)

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Virginia Tech's Dorenzo Hudson chases the ball against Duke's Miles Plumlee and Tyler Thornton during the second half in Durham, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. Duke won 70-65 in overtime. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Virginia Tech's Dorian Finney-Smith runs up against Clemson's Rod Hall during the first half on Thursday, March 1, 2012 in Clemson, S.C. (AP Photo/Anderson Independent-Mail, Mark Crammer)