STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It started as an argument over a girl, with a group of assailants throwing rocks at a house on Tompkins Court to lure out the people inside, authorities said.

But the fight moved beyond thrown rocks to knives and bloodshed late Monday night -- and ended with one young man stabbed to death, a second clinging to life, and a third wounded.

On Tuesday, police arrested 22-year-old Anthony Ward, of the 100 block of Winter Avenue in New Brighton, charging him with murder and assault in the melee.

Sources have also identified the victims in the stabbing: Damian Yordan, 18, of Tompkins Court, was pronounced dead after being repeatedly stabbed in the neck and torso.

Ramon Cortez, 21, of Alaska Street, remains in critical condition at Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton. Sources say he was repeatedly stabbed in the upper torso, and his injuries are life-threatening.

A third victim, Diego Rodriguez, 22, who lives at the same address as Yordan, also suffered injuries.

Police are gathering camera footage from the area, sources said.

According to authorities, Ward's group approached Yordan and Rodriguez's home late Tuesday night, hurling rocks at it to draw them out. The fight spilled from Tompkins Court to a playground and basketball court nearby, and Yordan collapsed by the corner of Markham Lane and Broadway.

Two women who answered the door at the Tompkins Court house Tuesday evening said the assailants threw three rocks, breaking an upstairs window. They wouldn't comment further.

One West Brighton resident told the Advance Tuesday that he heard yelling and commotion in the park as the scene unfolded.

On Tuesday, friends posted public messages of grief and condolence on Yordan's Facebook page, where his friends refer to him as "Peanut."

"RIP [Peanut] we will miss you forever. You'll forever be my brother and I'll never ever forget you. All the times we partied in the summer, every heart to heart convo we had... You are forever And always alive in our hearts," wrote one friend, posting as "Anastasia Delirium Smith."

Yordan, who had attended McKee High School, according to his Facebook profile, had posted messages about the death of another West Brighton murder victim - Barry Lovelace, 17, a member of the "Young Paper Chasers" crew who was shot dead in the West Brighton Houses on Feb. 16.