A 15-year-old boy was shot at and wounded by a catapult... because he was making too much noise in a town centre.

The teenager's forehead was injured in the attack in Week Street, Maidstone.

It happened at around 8pm on February 5, but police have just released this computer-generated image of the suspected attacker.

The injury came after the boy was approached by a man who claimed the victim and his friend were making too much noise.

The boy apologised, but he was hit by an object believed to have been fired from a catapult.

His attacker is described as in his late 20s, around 5ft 10in tall, with distinctive teeth.

Anyone with any information should contact DC Helen McKeon at Kent Police by calling 101, quoting crime reference YY/2440/13.