Lee was booked on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon police say he had this replica gun that has a blade that extends from the barrel. he s back there getting stomped. reporter: in recent months chappelle has come under fire by the transcommunity which he joked about last night after the attack it was a transman reporter: police have not yet released a motive with chappelle s spokesperson saying he refuses to allow last night s incident to overshadow the magic of this historic moment there are now questions over how someone could smuggle a weapon into l.a. s iconic hollywood bowl where there are metal detectors and security. the first thought was how was there not security that was there before he even made it, you know, to have that physical contact. reporter: after the attack, chappelle was joined by comedians jaime fox and chris rock who was infamously slapped on stage by will smith and broke the tension after the incident