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 area, with videos from viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and showing 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 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 exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to indicate — that the man was set upon by a number of folks onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While the complete debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the audience, mobile phone use was formally banned through the efficiency.  

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

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

LAPD and LAFD are now 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 last 12 months from the transgender community 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, continuing to air the particular despite lots of of its own staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later stated he'd be pleased to satisfy with any member of the transgender group, but that he would not be swayed by "anybody's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I am more than prepared to present you an audience, but you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's calls for," he instructed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you wanna meet with me, I'd be more than keen to, but I have conditions: To begin with, you cannot come if in case you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. You could come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby is just not humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com foreign editor, based at the CBS Information London bureau.