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 arena, with videos from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and displaying a man appear to run onto the stage and deal with 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 comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to point out the one who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to point out — that the person was set upon by multiple people onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

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

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by at the very least 10 individuals.

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

Comic Chris Rock was on the present, and jokingly asked 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 Closer," which premiered in October.

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

The comic later stated he'd be comfortable to meet with any member of the transgender neighborhood, but that he would not be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I am more than willing to give you an audience, however you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's calls for," he told an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you happen to wanna meet with me, I'd be more than keen to, however I have conditions: Initially, you can't come when you have not watched my special from starting to end. You should come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you have to admit that Hannah Gadsby is not humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com overseas editor, primarily based at the CBS Information London bureau.