Billy Hudson, a 28-year-old member of the Yakama Nation of Washington, is upset that charges haven't been brought against the teens that he says are responsible for paralyzing him.
Hudson and his cousin, Robert Frank, were shot on the reservation on May 19, 2006. Hudson and Frank said they told police officers about the suspects -- two teens from the same neighborhood.
"We were telling them what house they were at," Hudson told The Yakima Herald-Republic. "We were trying to tell them that they were right over there, laughing about it."
Tribal and federal authorities investigated but the U.S. Attorney's Office in Eastern Washington says it doesn't have enough evidence to bring charges against the teens. But even if the suspects were brought to justice, there'd be nowhere to house them since the Bureau of Indian Affairs shut down the detention facility on the reservation.
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