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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with movies from viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and showing 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 (Word: Linked video comprises harsh language including profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to show the one who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses said — and videos appeared to indicate — that the man was set upon by a number of individuals onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

The idiot getting beaten 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 audience, cell phone use was officially banned throughout the performance.  

The motivation for the initial assault remained unclear, and there was no immediate 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 man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and obtained his ass kicked by no less than 10 people.

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

Comic Chris Rock was at the present, and jokingly asked 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 sharp rebuke late final 12 months from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later stated he'd be completely happy to meet with any member of the transgender group, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I am more than keen to give you an viewers, however you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's demands," he told an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you wanna meet with me, I would be more than willing to, however I've situations: To start with, you can't come you probably have not watched my special from starting to finish. You need to come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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