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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with movies from audience members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and displaying a person seem 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 (Word: 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 show the one who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses said — and movies appeared to indicate — that the person was set upon by a number of folks onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While your complete debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the viewers, cellphone use was officially banned throughout the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial assault remained unclear, and there was no instant response from the Los Angeles Police Division to CBS News' request for information about the incident.

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl where 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

Comic Chris Rock was at the present, 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 year from the transgender group 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, continuing to air the special despite lots of of its personal employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later mentioned he'd be completely satisfied to fulfill with any member of the transgender community, however that he would not be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I'm greater than prepared to present you an viewers, however you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's demands," he informed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

The 48-year-old comedian listed three circumstances 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 might be greater than keen to, however I've situations: To start with, you can not come you probably have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You must come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby shouldn't be humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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