An Omaha teenager recovering from injuries she suffered in an accidental shooting said Saturday she wants the suspect to be held accountable and "pay for what he did."

Fifteen-year-old Nicole Leinen has four pins and a rod in her right leg. Doctors say they may never come out.

She was shot last Saturday, allegedly by 18-year-old Benjamin Henry II, who was reportedly showing the gun off at his Bellevue home to a group of friends.

Leinen enjoys being a cheerleader and just about everything else that comes along with high school, but a recent accident might change some things. "It is the worst situation I've ever been in, just scared me so much."

Returning to life as normal on any level will take some time. "I just don't think that I'll be able to be as active and do as much, like for school."

She won't be going back to Bryan High for about a month. She takes five different medications every four hours as she recovers.

“I didn't really know everyone so I was just being like kind of quiet, but I was talking and stuff and everything was fine until the guy showed up.

Leinen and some friends were at the Bellevue home last Saturday night when she says 18-year-old Benjamin Henry showed up with a high-powered assault rifle.

"I saw the gun, but I didn't really think anything of it. I just thought it was just something for hunting, they were going to show it off, you know."

Then the gun went off. The bullet first struck 20-year-old Zach Hufless in the abdomen, passed through him and the couch he was sitting on, and struck Leinen in the leg.

"I looked down at my leg and I saw the bullet hole and I just saw my leg dangling to the side and then I just fell to the ground and it got blurry from there."

Nicole says she's looking forward to being able to get around without the crutches and she wants to see Henry held accountable. "I just want him to pay for what he did."

Henry was charged Thursday with second-degree assault and tampering with evidence and faces a maximum 10 years in prison and $20,000 in fines.

Hufless was treated and released from the hospital earlier this week.