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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with movies from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and exhibiting 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 (Word: Linked video comprises harsh language including 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 person who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses said — and videos appeared to show — that the person was set upon by a number of folks onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

The idiot getting beaten 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, cellular phone use was officially banned through the performance.  

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

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by at the very least 10 folks.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was at the show, and jokingly requested 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 last yr from the transgender community 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 special regardless of a whole lot of its personal workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

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

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

The 48-year-old comic listed three conditions 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 greater than prepared to, but I've situations: First of all, you can not come if in case you have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You need to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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