Students suspected in beating of two outside Cape house

Two Southeast Missouri State University students were cited for a weekend assault in a campus parking lot.

Aaron S. Wright, 21, of 1018 Broadway, and Joseph L. Jezierski, 20, of Group H, received a summons for assault in the Saturday morning attack, according to Southeast Department of Public Safety director Doug Richards.

The attack occurred around 3 a.m. Saturday in the campus parking lot outside Wright's home, Richards said.

The two victims, both male Southeast students, were walking up to the home, which was the site of a party, and were confronted by the two defendants.

Words were exchanged, and the two defendants began hitting the victims, who received bruises from the attack but declined medical attention, Richards said.