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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with videos from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and displaying a person seem 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 (Word: 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 person who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses said — and videos appeared to indicate — that the man was set upon by multiple people onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While the whole debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the viewers, cell phone use was officially banned throughout the efficiency.  

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

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and acquired his ass kicked by a minimum of 10 individuals.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was on 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 pointy rebuke late final yr from the transgender community 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 despite hundreds of its own employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

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

"To the transgender neighborhood, I'm more than keen to offer you an viewers, but you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's demands," he informed an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I might be more than willing to, but I've situations: To start with, you can't come when you've got not watched my special from starting to end. You must come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby is just not humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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