A Cedar Hill ISD teacher was arrested Monday in connection with the slayings of two people early Sunday in Fort Worth, police said.

Cary Joseph Heath, 35, was arrested without incident at W.S. Permenter Middle School, where he teaches science.

He is being held at the Fort Worth jail on a capital murder charge. Bail has been set at $1 million.

Heath is suspected in the fatal shooting of two people about 4 a.m. Sunday in the 800 block of Buffalo Springs Drive, in south Fort Worth.

According to public records, Heath lives a few houses away from where the victims were shot. Their identities have not been officially released.

A person of interest was found in the house after the shooting and taken into custody, but police said Heath is not that person.

This was Heath's first year at Permenter. He previously served 13 years in the U.S. Air Force and got his degree in physical education and science during that time, according to the school' website.

He has been placed on administrative leave, district spokeswoman Jamie Brown said.