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 videos from viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and showing a man seem to run onto the stage and deal with the comic.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Observe: Linked video comprises 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 show the one who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and videos appeared to point out — that the man was set upon by multiple people onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

The fool getting beaten 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 viewers, mobile phone use was formally banned during the efficiency.  

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

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

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

Comedian Chris Rock was at the show, and jokingly requested 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 sharp rebuke late last year from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his newest 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 own staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

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

"To the transgender neighborhood, I'm greater than keen to give you an viewers, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's calls for," he instructed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than willing to, however I have conditions: Initially, you can not come if you have not watched my special from beginning to end. You need to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you could admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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