Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- The man accused of shooting and paralyzing a U.S. Army soldier at a homecoming party in the soldier 's honor faces one count of attempted murder , the spokesman for the San Bernardino , California , district attorney said Tuesday . District Attorney Michael Ramos filed the charge Tuesday against 19-year-old Ruben Jurado , spokesman Christopher Lee said . He also filed `` four special allegations involving premeditation and the use and discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury , '' the DA 's office said in a statement . Jurado was being held at the West Valley Detention Center and was expected to be arraigned Wednesday or Thursday . Jurado is accused of shooting Army Spc . Christopher Sullivan on Friday night at a homecoming party in Sullivan 's native San Bernardino . Sullivan was there celebrating his recent return to California from Kentucky , where he was stationed while recovering from wounds sustained in a suicide bombing a year ago in Afghanistan . Sullivan narrowly survived the attack , which killed five members of his unit and left him with a cracked collar bone and brain damage , according to the San Bernardino County Sun . Sullivan was awarded the Purple Heart after the incident . He was shot at the party after an `` argument and physical confrontation '' with Jurado , San Bernardino Police Department Sgt . Pete Higgins told CNN . Accompanied by an attorney , Jurado turned himself in to authorities in Chino Hills early Monday afternoon , said Lt. Gwendolyn Waters . The fight at the party broke out after Jurado and Sullivan 's younger brother began arguing about football , the brothers ' mother , Suzanne Sullivan , told CNN . Jurado `` pulled out a gun and shot him twice , '' she said . Higgins said Jurado fled the scene after the shooting . Sullivan was rushed to a hospital , where he was being treated , officials said . `` Right now , my son is hanging in physically , '' Suzanne Sullivan told CNN . `` He 's on 100 % life support . He can move his head and he responds through nodding and blinking to us . His eyes are n't always open , but we try to encourage him to do so as often as possible . '' She said her son tried to ask what happened to him at the hospital and when they told him he wanted to know , `` Why ? '' `` We told him what it was about and he just closed his eyes , '' Suzanne Sullivan told CNN . She said she was told that the suspect and her son might have gone to school and played football together . She also said she could n't believe what had happened to her son , who she said joined the Army to try and help her out . `` He 's a wonderful son . ... the best person you could meet on this Earth , '' she said . `` He 's a giver , not a taker , and just wants to be there for and help people . He was so happy when he joined the Army , because he really wanted to defend his country . '' The mother and her family have been at her son 's hospital bedside . A fellow soldier from Christopher Sullivan 's 101st Airborne Division brought the infantry 's flag to the hospital , Suzanne Sullivan told CNN . `` He loved his platoon . He loved his fellow soldiers , '' she said as she began to sob . `` He was so proud to serve our country . '' Tears rolled down Christopher Sullivan 's face when he saw the flag of the Screaming Eagles , the nickname for the division , his mother said . `` I asked Chris if he wanted to me to hang it on the wall or cover him in it , '' Suzanne Sullivan said . `` He nodded that he wanted me to cover him with it . Once I did that he started to cry , which made me start to cry . It 's been really hard on all of us . '' She said she was distraught over the news that her son , who was already recovering from injuries sustained during his tour abroad , had returned to the United States only to be paralyzed during a party . `` He once told me that if defending this country takes his life , so be it , '' she said . `` But to see he survived that , and now for this to happen to him , just breaks my heart . '' Suzanne Sullivan said her family is having a difficult time coming to terms with what happened . `` We just want justice to be done , '' she said . CNN 's Carey Bodenheimer contributed to this report .
NEW : The DA also filed special allegations including premeditation . 19-year-old Ruben Jurado is expected to be arraigned Wednesday or Thursday . He is accused of shooting an Army soldier at his homecoming . The soldier was already recovering from wounds suffered in Afghanistan .