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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with movies from audience members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and showing a person 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 comprises harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

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

Witnesses mentioned — and videos appeared to show — that the person was set upon by multiple individuals onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While your entire debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, mobile phone use was officially banned during the performance.  

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and got his ass kicked by not less than 10 people.

LAPD and LAFD at the moment are 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 at 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 special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

The comic later stated he'd be happy to meet with any member of the transgender neighborhood, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

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

The 48-year-old comic listed three conditions for any potential meeting, and responded to fellow comic 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've situations: To start with, you can not come when you've got not watched my special from beginning to finish. It's essential to come to a place of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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