This is for sure not an AK (awful idea to try to mount a scope on those anyway) but also definitely isn’t an sks. This looks like something like a remington with an extended box mag? But the media needs to attach it to boogeymen like cold war bad guys or rap music so I guess we can just call it an AK for now

Also, how are we taking pictures like this in 2024? Did the police bring a camcorder from the 2000s from home to snap this picture??