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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time 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 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 (Observe: Linked video comprises harsh language including profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to point out the one that charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

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

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

While your complete debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, cellular phone use was formally banned in the course of the performance.  

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

Simply came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and obtained his ass kicked by at the very 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 at the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a pointy rebuke late final year from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

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

"To the transgender neighborhood, I am more than willing to provide you an viewers, but you will not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's demands," he advised an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"Should you wanna meet with me, I'd be greater than prepared to, however I have circumstances: To start with, you can't come if you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. You could come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you have to admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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