Former ‘SNL’ cast member attacked outside NYC comedy club: reports - The Hill

(NEXSTAR) – Comedian and erstwhile “Saturday Night Live” formed subordinate Chris Redd was transported to a infirmary connected Wednesday nighttime aft helium was punched successful the look extracurricular of a New York City drama club, according to aggregate reports.

The New York Police Department confirmed an battle extracurricular of the Comedy Cellar successful Manhattan astir 9:40 p.m., per a connection shared with Nexstar. The NYPD could not corroborate the sanction of the victim, but provided the connection successful nonstop effect to an enquiry connected reports of an incidental involving Redd.

News outlets including TMZ and Entertainment Weekly had besides identified the unfortunate arsenic Redd connected Thursday.

Police said the victim, 37, was coming retired of a conveyance extracurricular the Comedy Cellar successful Manhattan astatine astir 9:40 p.m. erstwhile “an chartless idiosyncratic approached, and without anterior speech oregon provocation, punched the unfortunate successful the look earlier fleeing the determination to parts unknown,” constabulary said.

He was transported to Bellevue Hospital for attraction of a laceration of the face, according to the report.

Video shared by TMZ, filmed extracurricular the Comedy Cellar, appeared to amusement Redd being treated for an wounded to the look earlier helium was transported to the hospital. There was besides humor connected the crushed nearby.

Redd, who appeared connected “SNL” betwixt 2017 and 2022, was scheduled to execute astatine the Comedy Cellar astatine 9:30 p.m., according to his Twitter. He was besides scheduled to execute Thursday, per his official website.

A typical for Redd’s endowment bureau did not instantly respond to a petition for further updates.