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 area, with videos from audience members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and exhibiting a person seem to run onto the stage and tackle the comedian.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Observe: Linked video contains harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies 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 visible injuries.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to show — 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 whole debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the audience, cellular phone use was formally banned throughout the efficiency.  

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

Simply came out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and received his ass kicked by at the least 10 individuals.

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 at the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a sharp rebuke late last year from the transgender group for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix special, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, persevering with 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 comedian later mentioned he'd be glad to satisfy with any member of the transgender neighborhood, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I am greater than prepared to provide you an audience, but you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's calls for," he advised an viewers 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."

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I might be more than prepared to, however I have situations: To begin with, you can not come you probably have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You must come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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