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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with videos from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and showing a person seem to run onto the stage and deal with the comic.

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 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 who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

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

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

Whereas all the debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the audience, cell phone use was formally banned throughout the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial attack remained unclear, and there was no fast response from the Los Angeles Police Department to CBS Information' request for details about the incident.

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and got his ass kicked by at the least 10 people.

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 requested 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 neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix particular, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later stated he'd be comfortable to fulfill with any member of the transgender neighborhood, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I'm greater than prepared to present you an viewers, however you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody'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 greater than keen to, however I've circumstances: To start with, you can not come if you have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You need to come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com foreign editor, based mostly on the CBS News London bureau.