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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with movies from viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and exhibiting a person seem 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 (Notice: Linked video incorporates 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 person who charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

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

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

Whereas all the debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, cell phone use was officially banned throughout the performance.  

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

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by no less than 10 people.

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

Comedian 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 year 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, continuing to air the special regardless of a whole bunch of its personal staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later stated he'd be glad to satisfy with any member of the transgender community, but that he would not be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I'm more than prepared to provide you an audience, however you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's demands," he advised an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"Should you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than willing to, but I have conditions: First of all, you can not come if in case you have not watched my special from beginning to finish. You could come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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