Dave Chappelle attacked onstage at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with videos from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and exhibiting a person appear to run onto the stage and sort out the comic.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Be aware: Linked video contains harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to indicate the one who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to show — that the person was set upon by a number of folks onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

The fool getting crushed down after attacking Dave Chappelle at Hollywood Bowl pic.twitter.com/Ft0FIUyjWv

Whereas the complete debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, mobile phone use was officially banned during the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial attack remained unclear, and there was no rapid response from the Los Angeles Police Division to CBS Information' request for information about the incident.

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and obtained his ass kicked by not less than 10 individuals.

LAPD and LAFD are now loading him into an ambulance pic.twitter.com/7SXPe9e8az

Comedian Chris Rock was on the show, and jokingly requested if the attacker was Will Smith — who made headlines by bounding up on stage and slapping Rock at the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a sharp rebuke late last 12 months from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, persevering with to air the particular regardless of hundreds of its personal staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later mentioned he'd be comfortable to fulfill with any member of the transgender community, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I'm greater than willing to offer you an audience, but you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's calls for," he instructed an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

The 48-year-old comedian listed three circumstances for any potential assembly, and responded to fellow comedian Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix special "hate speech."

"Should you wanna meet with me, I'd be greater than keen to, however I have conditions: First of all, you can not come in case you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. You need to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com foreign editor, primarily based at the CBS Information London bureau.