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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with videos from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and displaying a person appear to run onto the stage and deal with the comic.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Note: Linked video incorporates 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 show the person who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

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

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

While the complete debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the viewers, cell phone use was formally banned throughout the efficiency.  

The motivation for the preliminary assault remained unclear, and there was no rapid response from the Los Angeles Police Division 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 acquired his ass kicked by at the very least 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 community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix particular, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later stated he'd be happy to meet with any member of the transgender neighborhood, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I am more than prepared to give you an audience, however you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's calls for," he advised an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"Should you wanna meet with me, I would be more than willing to, however I've conditions: Initially, you cannot come if in case you have not watched my special from beginning to end. You need to come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you need to admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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