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 enviornment, with movies from viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and showing a person appear to run onto the stage and tackle the comedian.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Note: Linked video contains 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 that charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and movies appeared to indicate — that the person was set upon by multiple people onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas your complete debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was officially banned in the course of the performance.  

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

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and acquired 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 at 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 sharp rebuke late final year from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix particular, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

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

"To the transgender community, I'm greater than willing to give you an audience, however you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's calls for," he instructed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In case you wanna meet with me, I might be more than prepared to, but I have conditions: Initially, you can't come in case you have not watched my special from beginning to end. You could come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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