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 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 (Note: Linked video contains harsh language including profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to indicate the one that charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses stated — and movies appeared to point out — that the person was set upon by a number of people onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas your complete debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was officially banned through the efficiency.  

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

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by no less than 10 folks.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was at the present, and jokingly requested 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 pointy rebuke late last year 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 lots of of its own workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later mentioned he'd be joyful to satisfy with any member of the transgender community, but that he would not be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I am more than prepared to provide you an audience, however you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's demands," he instructed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In case you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than keen to, but I have conditions: To begin with, you can't come if in case you have not watched my special from starting to end. You should come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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