Wielding a knife shaped like a replica gun. i mean, he rammed right into him. reporter: cnn s rachel crane was just a few feet away, sitting in the second row. one second you re laughing and the next second, honestly, i was fearing for my life, because i thought that perhaps this man had a bomb in that backpack on his back. reporter: he did not, and chappelle was not injured, according to the lapd, quickly cracking jokes. the 23-year-old male suspect was hurt in the me laei, taken to te hospital and arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. any motive remains unclear. chappelle, in his recent netflix special does note that he angers a lot of people with his comedy. now listen, women get mad at me, gay people get mad at me, lesbians get mad at me. but i m going to tell you right now, this is true, these transgenders, these [ bleep ] want me dead. reporter: this assault took
Department says a suspect is in custody after video showed a person rushing on stage attacking comedian dave chappelle at the hollywood bowl last night. nick watt has details. make some noise for hip hop history. dave chappelle was introducing the next act. suddenly the comic colossus tackled by a man who rushed the stage wielding a knife shaped like a replica gun. he rammed right into him. reporter: cnn s rachel crane was just a few feet away, sitting in the second row. one second you re laughing and the next second honestly i was fearing for my life because i thought perhaps this man had a bomb in that backpack. reporter: he did not and chappelle was not injured, quickly cracking jokes. i am going to kill that [ bleep ]. reporter: the 23-year-old male suspect was hurt in the me lay, taken to the hospital, and arrested for assault with a
reporter: cnn s rachel crane was just a few feet away, sitting in the second row. one second you re laughing and the next second, honestly, i was fearing for my life, because i thought that perhaps this man had a bomb in that backpack on his back. reporter: he did not, and chappelle was not injured, according to the lapd, quickly cracking jokes. the 23-year-old male suspect was hurt in the melee, taken to the hospital and arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. any motive remains unclear. chappelle, in his recent netflix special does note that he angers a lot of people with his comedy. does know he ainge areas lot of people with his comedy. now listen, women get mad at me, gay people get mad at me, lesbians get mad at me. but i m going to tell you right now, this is true, these transgenders, these [ bleep ] want me dead. reporter: this assault took place just about a mile away from another recent on-stage attack on a comedian.
Wielding a knife shaped like a replica gun. he rammed right into him. reporter: cnn s rachel crane was in the second row. one second you re laughing, the next second, i was fearing for my life, because i thought perhaps this man had a bomb in his backpack. reporter: he did not, and dave chappelle was not injured, according to the lapd. quickly cracking jokes. the 23-year-old male suspect was hurt in the melee, taken to the hospital and arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. a any motive remains unclear. dave chappelle, in his netflix special, notes that he does anger a lot of people with his comedy. women get at me, gay people get mad at me, but i m going to tell you right now, this is true, these transgenders, these [ bleep ]s want me dead. reporter: this assault took