LOS ANGELES (AP) – Comedian Dave Chapel was smashed during a Hollywood Bowl performance Tuesday night. The guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chapel managed to continue his performance while the man was taken away by ambulance.
NBC News reported that the Los Angeles Police Department said early Wednesday that the man was carrying a fake pistol with a real knife blade inside. LAPD’s media relations did not make an official announcement of the arrest in the hours following the attack and did not respond immediately to a request from the Associated Press for details.
Chappelle was performing his stand-up routine in the amphitheater as part of the Netflix Is a Joke festival when the man rushed to the stage and attacked him. Jamie Fox was on the wings of the stage and Chapelle thanked him for responding to the attack. Chris Rock was also there and jokingly asked if the attacker was Will Smith.
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