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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with movies from viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and showing a man 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 (Be aware: 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 indicate the person who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

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

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

While all the debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was formally banned throughout the efficiency.  

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

Simply came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and received his ass kicked by no less than 10 individuals.

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

Comic 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 on the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a sharp rebuke late last yr from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix particular, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

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

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

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

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I might be greater than willing to, however I have conditions: To start with, you can not come when you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. You will need to come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby shouldn't be humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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