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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with movies from viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and displaying a man seem to run onto the stage and sort out 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 accommodates harsh language including profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to indicate the one who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to point out — that the person was set upon by multiple 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 complete debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the audience, mobile phone use was formally banned during the efficiency.  

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

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and acquired his ass kicked by at the very least 10 folks.

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 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 sharp rebuke late final year from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix particular, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

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

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

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

"For those who wanna meet with me, I'd be more than willing to, but I have conditions: First of all, you can not come when you've got not watched my special from beginning to end. You will need to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you have to admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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