START WITH THOSE THREE THINGS.
>> Steve: TAKE YOU OUT TO THE
WEST COAST.
DISTURBING NEWS BREAKING
OVERNIGHT DAVE CHAPPELLE THE
COMEDIAN ATTACKED WHILE
PERFORMING ON STAGE BY A SUSPECT
REPORTEDLY ARMED WITH A KNIFE
AND ANOTHER REPORT A GUN.
>> Brian: LOOKS LIKE A VIOLENT
ENCOUNTER HAPPENED AT THE FAMED
HOLLYWOOD BOHL.
>> Ainsley: THAT’S IN L.A.
CARLEY SHIMKUS HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS ALL MORNING.
>> Carley: WILD STORY.
VIDEO SHOWING THE AFTERMATH OF
THE VIOLENT ENCOUNTER.
OVERNIGHT HOLLYWOOD BOWL.
ACCORDING TO LOCAL MEDIA THE
PERSON YOU SEE HERE BEING TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY WAS REPORTEDLY
ARMED WITH A WEAPON THAT CAN
EJECT A KNIFE BLADE.
VIDEO SHOWS CHAPPELLE FALLING TO
THE GROUND BEFORE THE ATTACKER
WAS TACKLED BY SECURITY.
JAMIE FOX ALSO REPORTEDLY
RUNNING ON STAGE TO HELP DETAIN
THAT ATTACKER CAMERAS WERE
ROLLING AS IT WAS BEING TAPED
FOR UPCOMING NETFLIX SPECIAL.
AUDIENCE MEMBERS WERE NOT
ALLOWED TO HAVE PHONES DURING
THAT SHOW.
NOW, FOLLOWING THE ONSTAGE HIT,
CHRIS ROCK, WHO IS NO STRANGER
TO ON STAGE ATTACKS, GAVE
CHAPPELLE A HUG AND JOKED WITH
THE AUDIENCE, WILL, WAS THAT
YOU?
NOBODY CAN FORGET THE MOMENT
WILL SMITH GOT ON STAGE DURING
THE OSCAR SLAPPING ROCK AFTER A
JOKE ABOUT HIS WIFE JADA PIJT
SMITH, WILL SMITH LATER
APOLOGIZED FOR THAT INCIDENT.
IT’S NOT CLEAR WHAT PROVOKED THE
PERSON TO ATTACK DAVE CHAPPELLE
AND WHAT CHARGES MAY BE FILED.
A REALLY SCARY SITUATION GUYS
FOR CHAPPELLE OVERNIGHT.
>> Steve: CARLEY, I’M LOOKING AT
TMZ, THEY HAVE GOT EXCLUSIVE
DETAILS.
IT SAYS THAT APPARENTLY THE GUY
RAN UP TO THE STAGE WITH A GUN.
APPARENTLY IT WAS NOT A REAL
GUN.
IT WAS REPLICA GUN.
NONETHELESS, YOU RUN UP TO DAVE
CHAPPELLE WITH A GUN.
>> Ainsley: IT’S NO JOKE.
AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS
THAT SAY IT WAS A REPLICA GUN.
LOOKED LIKE A GUN BUT IT
TRIGGERED THE PROPER WAY, IT
COULD EJECT A KNIFE BLADE.
STILL A WEAPON VERY DANGEROUS.
>> Brian: THANKS CARLEY.
>> Carley: YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.
>> Brian: HAPPENS TO DAVE
CHAPPELLE IN A NETFLIX SPECIAL
TOP COMEDIAN IN THE WORLD
PERHAPS OR TOP THREE.
NETFLIX SPECIAL SECURITY,
TESTING, EVERYTHING.
WHAT CHANCE DO YOU HAVE IN A
SMALL CLUB IN THE MIDWEST
SOMEWHERE WHERE SOMEBODY WANTS
TO I DON’T LIKE THAT JOKE.
TURNS OUT I HAVE A GUN WITH ME.
>> Ainsley: THAT’S TRUE, DAVE
CHAPPELLE IS SO BIG.
THEY PREPARED FOR THIS AFTER THE
OSCARS.
I THINK ALL THESE COMEDIANS ARE
PREPARING FOR IT.
THEY ARE GETTING A LOT OF
SECURITY.
>> HE CALLED FOR ON STAGE I NEED
SECURITY.
THEY WERE TUSSLING ALLEGEDLY ON
STAGE.
THIS AUDIENCE COULDN’T TAKE CELL
PHONES IN.
THERE IS VERY LIMITED VIDEO.
MAYBE WE WILL SEE IT ON NETFLIX.
THEY WERE FILMING CHAPPELLE AND
FRIENDS IS THE NAME OF HIS
COMEDY SHOW.
THE NETFLIX SPECIAL IS GOING TO
BE IS A JOKE FEST.
>> Steve: SOUNDS LIKE THE PERSON
WHO JUMPED UP ON STAGE WE SAW
THE AMBULANCE THAT HE WAS TAKEN
OFF IN, SOUNDS LIKE HIS ARM OR
ARMS OR HANDS WERE BADLY DAMAGED
IN THE TAKEDOWN.
>> Ainsley: JAMIE FOXX JUMPED UP
THERE TO DEFEND DAVE CHAPPELLE.
CHAPPELLE DEFENDED HIMSELF.
SOMEWHERE IN THE MIX THE MAN’S
ARM WAS DAMAGED.
>> Brian: WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
WEE PROTECT HIM.
FOR EVERY COMEDIAN THAT COMES
OUT HERE, MAN, THIS MEANS
EVERYTHING, YOU ARE A GENIUS, A
LEGEND.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 35
YEARS DAVE CHAPPELLE WENT ON TO
SAY.
I JUST STOMPED A BLANK BACK
STAGE.
I WAS ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT
TRYING TO PUT A HAPPY FACE ON AN
UGLY SITUATION.
>> Ainsley: DAVE CHAPPELLE HAS
CAUSED TROPHY WITH THE TRANS
COMMUNITY.
IF YOU LISTEN TO HIS SHOW.
HE MAKES FUN OF EVERY GROUP.
HE SAYS OUTRAGEOUS THINGS AND
FREE SPEECH GUY.
THE POINT IS HE IS A COMEDIAN.
IF COMEDIANS CAN’T SAY
OUTLANDISH THINGS WHO CAN?
>> Steve: THE GUY HAS BEEN
ARRESTED.
WE WILL FIND OUT HIS NAME VERY