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A high school teacher has been found dead of a gunshot wound in his Forest Hill home, about five weeks after being charged with a sexual offense against a student.

Harford County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Monica Worrell says 34-year-old Brian Norman was found dead by friends shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday. The sheriff’s office is investigating the shooting. Worrell says friends had been concerned for Norman’s well-being.

Norman was a history teacher at North Harford High School in Pylesville. On Nov. 13, he was charged with fourth-degree sex offense, second-degree assault and threatening school employees with bodily harm. Authorities said he slapped a 16-year-old female student on the buttocks and made death threats to unnamed school employees.