Timer problem

1

I have an object that i want to be removed 5 sec after it was created.

so i have


var pwrTime:Timer = new Timer(5000);
//pwrTime.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, pwrTimer);

there is an object called pwr that gets created in another function so i added


pwr.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, pwrTimer);
pwrTime.start();

and my pwrTimer function only has this


function pwrTimer(evt:TimerEvent):void {
   container.removeChild(DisplayObject(evt.target));	
   pwrTime.stop();
}

when i run it the object is still there

anyone know why is the object not removed

tnx for any input

also, if i uncomment the commented line i get an error:

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.utils::Timer@5280831 to flash.display.DisplayObject.