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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with movies from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and showing a person appear to run onto the stage and tackle 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 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 point out the person who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses stated — and movies appeared to indicate — that the man was set upon by multiple folks onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas the entire debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the audience, mobile phone use was officially banned in the course of 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 information about the incident.

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

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

Comedian Chris Rock was on the show, and jokingly asked 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 sharp rebuke late last year from the transgender group for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix special, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

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

"To the transgender neighborhood, I am greater than keen to present you an audience, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's demands," he told an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"When you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than keen to, but I have conditions: To start with, you cannot come if in case you have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You will need to come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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