- The LA City Attorney's office announced charges against the suspect who tackled
Dave Chappelle . - The suspect, identified as Isaiah Lee, faces charges related to battery and possession of a weapon.
The incident occurred while Chappelle was performing at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday night as part of the "Netflix is a Joke" comedy festival.
In a viral video of the assault, a person dressed in black appears to launch himself at Chappelle during his set. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the suspect, whom authorities identified as 23-year-old Isaiah Lee, was armed with a gun and a knife.
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LA City Attorney Mike Feuer announced that his office filed four misdemeanor charges against Lee, including battery, possession of a weapon with the intent to assault, and charges related to interfering with a performance.
"What should have been an evening of laughter at The Hollywood Bowl this past Tuesday night was suddenly interrupted when suspect Isaiah Lee allegedly charged onto the stage and tackled
He added: "My office takes protecting public safety extremely seriously and we are going to vigorously prosecute this case."
The Los Angeles District Attorney's office, however, declined to pursue felony charges against Lee, according to CNN.
"After reviewing the evidence, prosecutors determined that while criminal conduct occurred, the evidence as presented did not constitute felony conduct," DA spokesperson Greg Risling told CNN in a statement.
A representative for Chappelle did not immediately return Insider's request for comment on the suspect's charges.
Following the on-stage incident, Chappelle was heard joking that the suspected attacker was a "trans man," alluding to the backlash the comedian has faced over his controversial comments on the transgender community and defending JK Rowling's comments about trans people.
Outside the venue, BuzzFeed journalist Brianna Sacks, who attended Chappelle's show, tweeted a video of a person in a single-arm cast being loaded into an ambulance.
"Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and got his ass kicked by at least 10 people," Sacks wrote in the tweet. "LAPD and LAFD are now loading him into an ambulance."
Sacks added in a follow-up tweet that Chappelle had been speaking during his set about fellow comedian Chris Rock, who was slapped by Will Smith on-stage at the Oscars after making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's baldness. Chappelle told the crowd that he has more security with him following the Oscars confrontation, according to Sacks.
In a Wednesday statement to Insider, Carla Sims, a representative for Chappelle, said the comedian "refuses to allow last night's incident to overshadow the magic of this historic moment."
"As unfortunate and unsettling as the incident was, Chappelle went on with the show," Sims added.