Stand up comedian, Steven Brown was brutally attacked by a member of the audience who took offence at the comedian for putting a joke on him on Sunday night at the comedy house in Columbia.

The viral video showed 28-year-old Marvin Toatley, attacking Brown with the microphone stand and also hit him hard with a nearby stool.

Richland County Sheriff, Leon Lott said Toatley faces a number of charges face a number of charges in microphone stand-swinging, stool-throwing attack, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.

“Why would somebody lose control over a comedian making fun of them? I shake my head at that,” Lott said.

NYTimes reports that no one was seriously injured in the attack, which happened in South Carolina. A video made in the club has been viewed millions of times, and the sheriff said it made his investigation easy.

Two people in the crowd were hit by the stand this prompted deputies to charge Toatley with three counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, each of which carries up to 20 years in prison if he is convicted.

A video made in the club has been viewed millions of times, and the sheriff said it made his investigation easy.

In the video, Toatley swings the microphone stand at Brown several times and the comedian jumps out of the way before the stand flies out of Toatley’s hand and into the crowd.

The comedian made a joke of it on Instagram and posted a picture of a cut on his arm from the microphone stand. He said that the next time he heads on the road, he’s going to call it the “I need security!” tour.

The sheriff said he enjoys going to the comedy club, but learned a long time ago to sit in the back if he doesn’t want to become part of the act.

“You’ve got to have tough skin if you’re going to a place like that,” Lott said at a news conference.”

Toatley remained in the Richland County jail awaiting a bond hearing.

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