The Sandy police sergeant who was shot last month, allegedly by a man accused of killing three people, is on the mend, the Sandy Police Department said. In a Tuesday Facebook post, the department said that Garrett Thornton “has a long road to recovery but we are all optimistic” about his return. Sandy police said in the post that Thornton had been shot four times. Thornton remains hospitalized but will soon head to a rehabilitation facility, the post said.