PUNTA GORDA — Authorities arrested a Cape Coral man after he attacked an elderly driver over a parking lot argument, according to a Charlotte County Sheriff’s report.

The victim, an 83-year-old man, called the Punta Gorda Police Department Oct. 9 to report he had been battered in the parking lot of Publix at 2310 Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda, the report shows.