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 enviornment, with videos from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and exhibiting a man appear 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 incorporates harsh language including profanity) with fellow comedian 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 outside the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

Witnesses said — 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

While the entire debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, cell phone use was formally banned during the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial assault remained unclear, and there was no immediate 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 got his ass kicked by not less than 10 folks.

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

Comic Chris Rock was at 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 final 12 months from the transgender group for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix particular, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

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

"To the transgender group, I'm more than keen to give you an viewers, however you'll not summon me. I am 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 circumstances for any potential assembly, and responded to fellow comic Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix particular "hate speech."

"When you wanna meet with me, I'd be more than willing to, however I've conditions: To begin with, you can't come if in case you have not watched my special from starting to finish. You could come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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