All other public buildings and grounds throughout the state may fly the flags at half-staff at their discretion for the same time period.

Also in memory of Cayton, White House Fruit Farm’s fall festival today will include a benefit in memory of the fallen trooper.

Musician Chase Welch will be performing from noon to 3 p.m., with all tips going directly to Cayton’s family, a White House worker said.

Cayton, 40, responded to state Route 11 northbound in Canfield on Thursday afternoon after a report of a disabled 2024 Kenworth semi tractor-trailer in the right lane, and upon making contact with the driver, Nelson De Jesus Herrera Vasquez, 65, of Florida, Cayton determined that the Kenworth had struck an item in the roadway.

According to the OSHP, Cayton was sitting in his cruiser with its emergency overhead lights activated when a 2007 Mack Granite, driven by Ryan Rach, 35, of Canfield, traveling northbound, crashed into the back of his cruiser.

The cruiser traveled forward into the back of Vasquez’s disabled tractor-trailer, also striking Vasquez, who was standing outside of his vehicle.

Cayton was pronounced dead at the scene, while Vasquez was life-flighted to a nearby hospital for treatment.

A long procession of OSHP and other law enforcement vehicles carried Cayton’s body from Canfield to the Cuyahoga Medical Examiner’s Office on Thursday night.