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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with movies from viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and exhibiting a man appear 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 (Be aware: Linked video incorporates harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to indicate the one who charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

Witnesses said — and movies appeared to indicate — that the person was set upon by multiple folks onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While all the debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the viewers, cellular phone use was officially banned through the performance.  

The motivation for the preliminary attack remained unclear, and there was no rapid response from the Los Angeles Police Division 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 received his ass kicked by at least 10 people.

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

Comic 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 on the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a pointy rebuke late last 12 months from the transgender group for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix particular, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

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

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

The 48-year-old comic listed three circumstances 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 would be more than keen to, but I have circumstances: To start with, you cannot come you probably have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You could come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you need to admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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