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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with movies from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and displaying 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 (Word: 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 one who charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

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

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

Whereas the complete debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the audience, cell phone use was officially banned in the course of the performance.  

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and got his ass kicked by not less than 10 people.

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

Comic 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 pointy rebuke late final 12 months from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, persevering with to air the special regardless of tons of of its personal workers 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 group, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I'm greater than keen to offer you an audience, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's demands," he instructed an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"For those who wanna meet with me, I would be greater than willing to, however I have conditions: Initially, you cannot come in case you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. You need to come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you have 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.