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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with videos from audience members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and exhibiting a person seem to run onto the stage and sort out 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 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 one who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses mentioned — and videos appeared to point out — 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

Whereas your entire debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was formally banned in the course of the efficiency.  

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

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by at the least 10 people.

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

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

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

The comic later said he'd be glad to fulfill with any member of the transgender group, however that he would not be swayed by "anybody's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I'm greater than prepared to provide you an audience, however you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's demands," he informed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In case you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than keen to, but I have situations: Initially, you cannot come you probably have not watched my special from starting to finish. You will need to come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby shouldn't be funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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