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 enviornment, with movies from audience members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and exhibiting a person appear to run onto the stage and tackle the comic.

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

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

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

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

Whereas your complete debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the audience, mobile phone use was formally banned throughout the efficiency.  

The motivation for the preliminary assault remained unclear, and there was no quick response from the Los Angeles Police Department to CBS News' request for details about the incident.

Simply came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by a minimum of 10 folks.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was at the show, and jokingly requested 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 pointy rebuke late last 12 months from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix special, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later said he'd be happy to fulfill with any member of the transgender community, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I'm greater than keen to present you an audience, but you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's calls for," he told an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than keen to, but I've conditions: To start with, you can't come in case you have not watched my special from beginning to finish. You could 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 Related Press contributed reporting.

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