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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with movies from audience members' cellphones rapidly 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 (Notice: Linked video incorporates 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 show — that the person was set upon by multiple people onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas all the debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the viewers, cellphone use was formally banned through the performance.  

The motivation for the initial attack remained unclear, and there was no immediate response from the Los Angeles Police Division to CBS News' request for details about the incident.

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by a minimum of 10 individuals.

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

Comic 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 on the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a pointy rebuke late final year from the transgender group 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, continuing to air the particular regardless of tons of of its personal workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later mentioned he'd be joyful to meet with any member of the transgender group, however that he would not be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I am greater than keen to offer you an audience, however you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's calls for," he advised an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"When you wanna meet with me, I'd be greater than keen to, but I've situations: To begin with, you can not come when you have not watched my particular from starting to end. You must come to a place of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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