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 exhibiting a person seem 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 (Observe: Linked video contains harsh language together with 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 seen injuries.

Witnesses said — and videos appeared to point out — that the man was set upon by multiple folks onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While the complete debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the viewers, cell phone use was officially banned in the course of the performance.  

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

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by a minimum of 10 individuals.

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

Comic Chris Rock was on 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 year from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, persevering with to air the special regardless of hundreds of its own workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later stated he'd be glad to satisfy with any member of the transgender community, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I'm more than willing to give you an viewers, however you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's demands," he informed 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 comedian Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix particular "hate speech."

"For those who wanna meet with me, I might be more than prepared to, however I've conditions: Initially, you can not come when you have not watched my particular from beginning to end. It's essential to come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you need to admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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