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 audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and showing a person appear to run onto the stage and deal with the comedian.

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

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to indicate the one that charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

Witnesses mentioned — and videos appeared to indicate — that the person was set upon by multiple folks onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

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

The motivation for the initial assault remained unclear, and there was no instant response from the Los Angeles Police Department to CBS Information' 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 received his ass kicked by not less than 10 individuals.

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

Comic 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 at the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a sharp rebuke late last yr from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

The comic later stated he'd be happy to fulfill with any member of the transgender group, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I'm greater than prepared to give you an audience, however you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's calls for," he informed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"For those who wanna meet with me, I'd be more than prepared to, but I have conditions: First of all, you can not come if in case you have not watched my special from starting to end. You could come to a place of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you could admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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