COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- The Colorado Springs Police Department's bomb squad investigated a suspicious package Monday morning, causing a road to close and four schools to go on lockdown.

According to a neighbor, a man was walking behind homes in the 8900 block of Estebury Circle when a homeowner sitting on his deck questioned the man. When the homeowner started questioning him, the man dropped a mason-type jar from his hand and fled the scene. The homeowner thought the jar, which had tape around it, was suspicious and called police. A bomb squad robot destroyed the package, which was found in a ditch between homes.

Nobody was injured, and police said the package turned out to be part of an online geocaching game.

Police shut down Research Parkway in both directions west of Austin Bluffs Parkway as the bomb squad investigated the package. The road is now open.

Timberview Middle School, Liberty High School, Prarie View Elementary School and Explorer Elementary School were on lockdown until about 9:40 a.m. as a precaution, according to police.