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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with movies from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and showing a person seem to run onto the stage and sort out the comedian.

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

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to show the one who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

Witnesses mentioned — and movies appeared to show — that the person was set upon by a number of individuals onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas the whole debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was officially banned throughout the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial assault remained unclear, and there was no rapid response from the Los Angeles Police Department to CBS News' request for details about the incident.

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and obtained his ass kicked by no less than 10 people.

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

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

Chappelle drew a pointy rebuke late final year from the transgender group for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix special, "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 own staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later said he'd be completely satisfied to satisfy with any member of the transgender community, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I am greater than willing to present you an audience, but you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's calls for," he informed an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than prepared to, but I've situations: Initially, you can not come if you have not watched my special from beginning to finish. You should come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you need to admit that Hannah Gadsby is not humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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