Dave Chappelle attacked onstage at Los Angeles concert, suspect arrested
Comic Dave Chappelle was tackled throughout a efficiency on the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday evening. Safety guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was capable of proceed his efficiency whereas the person was taken away in an ambulance.
The assailant was carrying a reproduction handgun with a knife blade inside, authorities stated.
Isaiah Lee, 23, was detained and arrested for assault with a lethal weapon, stated Officer Alba Mendez, a Los Angeles Police Division spokesperson.
Lee was handled by medical employees for an unspecified harm and was booked into the Hollywood Division jail at 3:36 a.m. Wednesday and held in lieu of $30,000 US bail, Mendez stated. It was not instantly recognized if he had retained a lawyer.
Mendez stated a “well-known comic was performing” when Lee jumped onto the stage, tackled the superstar and produced the duplicate handgun containing a knife blade. Mendez stated the division didn’t identify the superstar as a result of it doesn’t verify sufferer names.
A person carrying a pretend gun with an actual knife blade inside it jumped on stage and tackled comic David Chappelle throughout a efficiency Tuesday in Los Angeles, police stated. Chappelle was not injured throughout the incident. 0:55
Chappelle was performing his standup routine on the amphitheatre as a part of the Netflix Is a Joke pageant when the person rushed on stage and tackled him. Jamie Foxx was within the wings of the stage and Chappelle thanked him for responding to the assault. Chris Rock was there as nicely, and jokingly requested if the attacker was Will Smith.
Chappelle was attacked as he was wrapping up a routine by which he talked about how comedians have to fret extra about their private safety within the wake of this 12 months’s Academy Awards ceremony the place the Oscar-winning actor slapped Rock on stay tv in response to a joke about Smith’s spouse.
“The comic had actually simply stated he now has extra safety due to all of the uproar from his jokes concerning the Trans neighborhood,” tweeted Buzzfeed Information reporter Brianna Sacks, who attended the present. She tweeted that “whereas the attacker was getting beat up,” Chappelle “made a joke about him in all probability being a Trans man.”
Chappelle’s latest comedy particular induced controversy attributable to materials about transgender individuals, which led to a walkout of Netflix workers.
“We care deeply concerning the security of creators and we strongly defend the proper of stand-up comedians to carry out on stage with out concern of violence,” a Netflix assertion stated Wednesday.
A noon police assertion recounted the incident however gave no indication of whether or not investigators had decided the motive for the assault.
