Chris Redd has been released from the hospital after he was punched in the face outside of a comedy club in New York City.

The “Saturday Night Live” alum was at the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village on Wednesday night and was approached after getting out of his car by someone who punched him in the face and fled the scene, according to a spokesperson for the New York Police Department.

NBC News reports Fabrizio Cavallacci, the owner of Cafe Reggio, which is next door to the comedy club and whose cameras recorded the attack, said there was a “huge pool of blood” on the ground.

“This poor guy was bleeding. The manager was trying to stop the bleeding,” he said to the station.

Redd sustained a laceration to his face, according to the “LA Times.” Emergency medical services transported the comedian to Bellevue Hospital, where he was treated and released.

According to the report, the NYPD statement noted that Redd was attacked “without prior conversation or provocation.”

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.