Prosecutors today charged two Wai'anae men with an alleged beating early Saturday that caused critical injuries to the victim.

Curtis Rivera, 23, of an Anaha Street address and Jordan Ashley Simmons, 21, also known as Jordan Simpio, are both charged with first-degree assault and are being held in lieu of $100,000 bail, pending their initial appearance tomorrow at District Court. Rivera is additionally charged with first-degree terroristic threatening, first-degree reckless endangering and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.

The two men allegedly confronted a 29-year-old man seated in a stolen gold Honda Accord in the parking lot of the Waiamaha Apartments, 85-186 McArthur St., in Wai'anae at about 6:30 a.m.

According to an affidavit filed at court, a witness told police Rivera allegedly pointed a rifle at the victim, ordered him to open the trunk and stated "If you get the (expletive) on you, I swear to god I going take you out."

Simmons allegedly punched the victim in the head. The man tried to run but the suspects chased him back into the parking lot, where Rivera and Simmons allegedly kicked him after he fell to the ground. Rivera also struck the man with the butt of the rifle causing it to discharge a round.

Simmons and Rivera left the scene in a red Nissan pickup truck driven by another man. The victim was found lying unconscious on the ground and bleeding from the forehead by police.

Simmons has 70 arrests, five prior convictions and on probation for three separate offenses: escape, second-degree assault and auto theft. Rivera has been arrested seven times but has no convictions.