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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with movies from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and showing a person 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 (Observe: 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 point out the one who charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and movies appeared to point out — that the person was set upon by multiple people onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

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

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and received his ass kicked by not less than 10 individuals.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was on 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 pointy rebuke late last year from the transgender neighborhood 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 despite tons of of its personal employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

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

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

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

"When you wanna meet with me, I'd be more than willing to, however I've circumstances: First of all, you cannot come when you have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You could come to a place of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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