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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with videos from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and showing a man appear to run onto the stage and sort out 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 incorporates harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to show the person who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

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

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

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

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

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

LAPD and LAFD are now 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 at the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a sharp rebuke late final year from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix particular, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, continuing to air the special despite a whole bunch of its personal workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later stated he'd be happy to meet with any member of the transgender group, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I'm greater than prepared to offer you an audience, but you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's demands," he instructed an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you happen to wanna meet with me, I would be more than keen to, but I've circumstances: Initially, you can not come you probably have not watched my particular from starting to end. You must come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com foreign editor, primarily based at the CBS Information London bureau.