The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)

Dave Chappelle tackled at Hollywood Bowl show

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Comedian Dave Chappelle was tackled during a performanc­e at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday night. Security guards chased and overpowere­d the attacker, and Chappelle was able to continue his performanc­e while the man was taken away in an ambulance.

NBC News reported that the Los Angeles Police Department early Wednesday said the man was carrying a fake gun with a real knife blade inside it. LAPD media relations made no official announceme­nt of an arrest in the hours after the attack, and did not immediatel­y respond to an Associated Press request for details.

Chappelle was performing his standup routine at the amphitheat­er as part of the “Netflix Is a Joke” festival when the man rushed on stage and tackled him. Jamie Foxx was in the wings of the stage and Chapelle thanked him for responding to the attack. Chris Rock was there as well, and jokingly asked if the attacker was Will Smith

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