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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with movies from audience members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and displaying a person 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 incorporates harsh language including 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 person who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

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

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

While your entire debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the audience, mobile phone use was formally banned in the course of the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial assault remained unclear, and there was no instant 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 bought his ass kicked by no less than 10 people.

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 at the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a pointy rebuke late last 12 months from the transgender group 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 particular despite a whole bunch of its own staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

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

"To the transgender group, I'm more than willing to present you an viewers, however you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's calls for," he instructed an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"Should you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than willing to, however I have circumstances: Initially, you cannot come in case you have not watched my particular from starting to end. You need to come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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