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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with movies from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and exhibiting a person seem to run onto the stage and tackle 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 comprises harsh language including profanity) with fellow comic 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 outdoors the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses said — and videos appeared to point out — that the person was set upon by multiple folks onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While the entire debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was officially banned during the efficiency.  

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

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by at least 10 people.

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

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

The comedian later mentioned he'd be completely satisfied to fulfill with any member of the transgender neighborhood, however that he would not be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I am more than prepared to provide you an viewers, but you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's demands," he advised an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"For those who wanna meet with me, I might be greater than prepared to, however I have circumstances: To start with, you can not come when you have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You will need to come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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