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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with videos from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and showing 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 (Notice: Linked video contains harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to indicate the person who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses mentioned — and movies appeared to point out — that the person was set upon by multiple people onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While all the debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the viewers, cell phone use was officially banned in the course of the performance.  

The motivation for the initial assault remained unclear, and there was no speedy response from the Los Angeles Police Department to CBS News' request for details 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 at the very least 10 individuals.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was at the present, and jokingly asked 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 pointy rebuke late final year from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix particular, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, persevering with to air the special despite lots of of its personal workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later said he'd be comfortable to fulfill with any member of the transgender group, however that he would not be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I am greater than prepared to give you an viewers, but you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's demands," he told an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"For those who wanna meet with me, I might be more than prepared to, however I have situations: First of all, you cannot come when you've got not watched my particular from starting to finish. You must come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com international editor, primarily based at the CBS News London bureau.