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 area, with movies from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and exhibiting a man 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 (Be aware: Linked video accommodates 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 one that charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to point out — that the man was set upon by multiple individuals onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas your entire debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was formally banned in the course of the efficiency.  

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 information about the incident.

Simply came out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and received his ass kicked by at the very least 10 people.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was at 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 final year from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

The comic later said he'd be glad to meet with any member of the transgender community, however that he would not be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

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

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

"Should you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than prepared to, however I have circumstances: Initially, you can't come if in case you have not watched my special from beginning to end. You will need to come to a place of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby shouldn't be funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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