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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with videos from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and exhibiting a person appear 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 (Be aware: Linked video comprises harsh language including profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to show the person who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses stated — and movies appeared to show — 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 movies shot by members of the audience, mobile phone use was formally banned throughout the performance.  

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

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and received his ass kicked by no less than 10 people.

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 group for jokes at their expense featured in his latest 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 lot of its own employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later said he'd be happy to meet with any member of the transgender group, however that he would not be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I'm more than willing to offer you an viewers, however you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's demands," he instructed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I'd be more than willing to, but I have circumstances: Initially, you cannot come in case you have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You must come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com international editor, based at the CBS News London bureau.